Episode 19: THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001)

CW: Discussions of suicide as plot. Listening advisement: Harry's track ended up sounding bad. Sorry. While watching THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, it's easy to see why it's one of the Coen Brothers' relatively overlooked films: nested between box office smashes O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000) and INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (2003), it failed to break even on its modest budget and has become a cult classic in a filmography full of cult classics. From its period setting to its black-and-white presentation to its Camus-like reckoning with the absurd, it also sometimes feels like it purposefully evades scrutiny. That didn't stop us! This episode is the second in a short series on a selection of Coen Brothers films screened at the Trylon Cinema in 2019. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast!