Tribute review as it’s Ethan Coen’s birthday today.
MILLER’S CROSSING, 1990
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Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Starring: Gabriel Byrne; Marcia Gay Harden; John Turturro; Jon Polito; Albert Finney
Review by Tom Coatsworth
SYNOPSIS:
A gangland war erupts; one mobster falls from power as another rises; a lover’s triangle tears two friends apart. The one man owes the other — to repay him he must go undercover and join the enemy, forsaking love and friendship – he must go to Miller’s Crossing.
REVIEW:
Oh for the days when the talented brothers Coen knew how to finish a film. With ‘Millers’ Crossing’ they hit the sweet spot — a complex tale set in Prohibition – a tale of love, betrayal and redemption; featuring a gangland war between Irish and Italian mobs, and two lover’s triangles – one straight, one gay. It springs from the Dashiell Hammett style of crime…
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