![]() “Well, years and years ago, we did do an adaptation of Advise and Consent in Super 8,” reveals Joel. “But the world of Washington, D.C., the world of spies and intrigue, that, we haven’t done before.” “It’s a comedy, broadly speaking, and we’ve certainly done those before,”says Ethan. The plot concerns the Central Intelligence Agency and the world of physical fitness, and what happens when those two worlds intersect and collide Internet dating is also in the mix.” Says Joel, “The story is about middle-aged people, all of whom are undergoing professional, personal, and sexual crises touching on matters of national security. We asked the actors to embrace their inner knucklehead.” The characters in Burn After Reading are, as the Coens clarify, “knuckleheads, but not unlovable ones. So we wrote John’s part specifically for him, which was a lot of fun to do.” “Like Brad, John Malkovich is someone we hadn’t worked with before but have wanted to for some time. Joel enumerates, “Having worked with both George and Richard twice before, and at least four times with Francis, they are among the actors that inspire us to write characters for them. We thought about a mix of characters, and a story, that might be interesting to see these actors play.” George Clooney, Richard Jenkins, Frances McDormand, and Brad Pitt, each of whom we know and all of whom we have worked with before, except for Brad. ![]() Joel Coen notes, “We actually wrote this script around the same time we were adapting ‘No Country for Old Men.'”Įthan Coen adds, “We came up with the idea thinking about different parts we wanted to write for actors that we know, who we thought might be fun to throw together. ![]() The fact that “Burn After Reading” follows last year’s “No Country for Old Men” in the Coens’ filmography speaks more to timing than to any storytelling avenue being pursued although the characters in both suffer dire consequences, that has long been a constant in the Brothers’ films. As events in the contemporary story spin blithely out of control, sinister forces are at work and the dark side of the material comes to the fore. gym employees, and a lost computer disc that may contain highly sensitive material. In “Burn After Reading,” the new comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen, the duo mix and match various strains of comedy, screwball, satire, sex farce, to weave a tale of an ousted CIA analyst, two D.C.
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