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  1. Balada de un hombre común/Inside Llewyn Davis (Reseña/Review)@joseda321938d

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    SINOPSIS

    Llewyn Davis es un cantante de folk sin hogar, quedándose en la casa de amigos, durmiendo de sofá en sofá esperando que le toque la lotería en la música. Pasando por muchos obstáculos él desea grabar con Bud Grossman, teniendo que participar en colaboraciones y tocando en bares para tener algún dinero para sobrevivir mientras tanto. La vida de Llewyn Davis no es la misma que en su pasado como cantante de folk.

    SYNOPSIS

    Llewyn Davis is a homeless folk singer, staying at friends' houses, sleeping from couch to couch waiting for him to win the lottery in music. Going through many obstacles he wishes to record with Bud Grossman, having to participate in collaborations and playing in bars to have some money to survive in the meantime. Llewyn Davis' life is not the same as it was in his past as a folk singer.

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    PERSONAJES

    Llewyn Davis: Cantante de folk decidido a triunfar.

    Jean Barkey: Amiga y amante de Llewyn que forma parte del mundo musical.

    Jim Barkey: Esposo de Jean y cantante profesional.

    Mel Novikoff: Representante de Llewyn

    Bud Grossman: Dueño de un bar donde se canta.

    CHARACTERS

    Llewyn Davis: Folk singer determined to succeed.

    Jean Barkey: Llewyn's friend and lover who is part of the musical world.

    Jim Barkey: Jean's husband and professional singer.

    Mel Novikoff: Llewyn Representative

    Bud Grossman: Owner of a bar where people sings.

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    OPINIÓN

    Al ver el tráiler de esta película quede enganchado, tiene música y un estilo oscuro que combina con la historia, es una historia de fracasos, de despecho, de tristeza y un poco de arrepentimiento, junto con la melancolía de la música folk. La historia empieza con Llewyn siendo golpeado en un callejón por un hombre extraño, eso es solo un comienzo a la desesperación del personaje, esta es una historia del fracaso.


    El personaje intenta con toda su fuerza seguir en el camino que él considera correcto, agarrándose desde la punta de los dedos a las pocas oportunidades que se le presente, teniendo pocas personas que lo apoyan en su mundo musical. Puedes llegar a empatizar con el personaje, las cosas por las que pasa, el rumbo de su vida. La película también tiene varias escenas donde hay canciones, son pequeños videos musicales dentro de una película, son fascinantes.


    Tratar de vivir de la música, pero esa música es algo que ya nadie quiere escuchar por ser anticuada, sin hogar, con pocos amigos, con pocos recursos, Balada de un hombre común es una historia donde se puede visualizar la derrota en todas sus presentaciones y que aún así, se siente algo de esperanza. La película dura una hora con cuarenta minutos aproximadamente, tiene algunos momentos que se puedan sentir lenta pero sigue siendo una película que recomendaría.

    OPINION

    When I see the trailer for this movie, I get hooked, it has music and a dark style that matches the story, it is a story of failures, spite, sadness and a little regret, along with the melancholy of folk music. The story begins with Llewyn being beaten in an alley by a strange man, that's just a start to the character's despair, this is a story of failure.


    The character tries with all his strength to continue on the path that he considers correct, holding on from the tips of his fingers to the few opportunities that come his way, having few people who support him in his musical world. You can get to empathize with the character, the things he goes through, the direction of his life. The movie also has several scenes where there are songs, they are little music videos within a movie, they are fascinating.


    Trying to make a living from music, but that music is something that no one wants to listen to anymore because it is old-fashioned, homeless, with few friends, with few resources, Inside Llewyn Davis is a story where defeat can be visualized in all its presentations, and that still, you feel some hope. The film is approximately one hour and forty minutes long, it has some moments that may feel slow but it is still a film that I would recommend.

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    Por algún motivo, esta película la disfrute, puede que no sea la gran cosa, no tenga tanta chispa, pero aún así, tocó mi corazón. Espero les haya gustado el post, pueden dejar algún comentario sobre que les parece la película o si ya la vieron pueden contarme que les pareció. Sin más que decir, nos leemos luego.

    For some reason I enjoyed this movie, it might not be a big deal, it didn't have that much spark, but it still touched my heart. I hope you liked the post, you can leave a comment about what you think of the movie. Without more to say, we read later.

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  2. Inside Llewyn Davis (Film): The funny side of tragedy.@cristiancaicedo2777d

    The film was released in January 2014

    In a few words Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is a Folk singer who seems to be doing everything wrong. The story takes place in the atmosphere of the Folk clubs of the 60's in New York. Llewyn plays occasionally in one or the other, but he has nothing more than his guitar, so he has to sleep on the couch of some friends one day and some other friend's couch the next night, practically living on charity. Here we think "Ok, this movie is going to deal with his struggle to succeed, make an album..." and we think we're about to see an inspiring and hopeful plot about the human will. Let's move forward.

    The film goes on and we realize that Llewyn did record an album before (with poor sales) and that he had even recorded another previously with his initial partner (Llewyn is now a soloist) that wasn't a great success either. His agent doesn't pay him royalties because he says they don't exist; the cat of some friends flees by his fault and when he returns it they say to him that's not the same animal (it's not even of the same sex); A friend's girlfriend confesses that she's pregnant and doesn't know if the child is from her boyfriend or from Llewyn, which would be a catastrophe for her because she despises him: she believes he's a failure, a loser, a human garbage. So they agree to an abortion (Llewyn already knows a doctor for the job because he used his services a couple of years ago). Then we thought "Wow, he has to overcome many obstacles" but we're confident he can make it.
    When they call him to participate in the recording of a single by someone else, he decides to cash a good check and give up the royalties of the song (which will then have some success) but we believe that's the beginning of his ascension, especially because he decides to go to Chicago to meet with a successful music producer. In the best style of Kerouac, he arrives in Chicago and after waiting for the producer, he plays a song and listens to the verdict: he's not good. The producer's advice: get a partner. A good idea, except that Llewyn's former partner committed suicide long ago, by jumping off a bridge.

    When he returns to New York, he decides to put aside the music and work on a boat (he was previously in the navy), he pays the late quotas back to the union to be able to enroll, but he doesn't have his license or money to renew it, so he's left without money and without work (again). Here we think that it's a sign of life, that fate didn't let him give up Folk music because it's what he has to do and he will make it. So, although there's little left for the end of the film, we don't lose hope.
    The friend who despises him gets him the opportunity to play again at the Gaslight Cafe (an iconic club in the history of Folk) and we see him play with force a couple of melancholy themes. "He's born for this" we think. But Llewyn leaves the club: someone waits for him in the alley to collect a pending account. While we watch him go out, a young man with curly hair, guitar in hand and the harmonica near the lips, goes up on stage to play "Farewell". It's Bob Dylan.

    In the alley Llewyn receives a beating, while through the walls we hear the voice of Dylan. And this moment is what defines the whole film: the opposition between Dylan, the successful god of Folk whose career is just beginning; and Llewyn, a common man who will never make it, who will not succeed in a career that never took off. Bob Dylan is the rising star that Llewyn will never be. The beating he received from a man whose face we don't see, is the symbol for life that insists "do not get up, you can not win".

    The antagonism between Dylan and Llewyn is accentuated by two facts. The first is that Llewyn loses Bob's interpretation. The Folk who he loves so much has just found a worthy representative and Llewyn doesn't see him. The second is that when seeing his victimizer go away in a taxi, Llewyn staggers and falls seated on the floor pronouncing the last line of the script: "Au revoir". It's not goodbye to the taxi. It's goodbye to dreams, to fight, to Folk. It's the renunciation of everything he wanted to do.
    When the film ends, we are surprised by a smile of disbelief. How is it possible that we are smiling and we've enjoyed a life as miserable as that of poor Llewyn? (and believe me I saved many details) And there's the genius of the Coen brothers (directors from "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski"): the balance with all this drama, a black humor present in the dialogue, in the performances (such as the John Goodman's), in the absurdly depressing lyrics of Llewyn's songs, in the funny fact that a guy can be so, so unlucky!
    Do you like dramas? Do you like Folk music? Did you like "The Big Lebowski"? Do you enjoy black comedy movies? If you answer negatively to all the previous questions, then don't bother. But if, on the other hand, your answer is affirmative, to at least two of them, then this movie is for you.
    For the tragicomic treatment of the story, a tailor made main role to what the film needed, an impeccable photograph, an excellent mixture of genres (drama, comedy, musical, road movie) and the genius of the Coen brothers to reconcile all these resources, I give 7.5 / 10 to the ballad of a common man on my personal scale.

    Reviewed by @cristiancaicedo


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  3. Inside Llewyn Davis (Película): La comicidad de la tragedia.@cristiancaicedo2781d

    La película se estrenó en enero del 2014

    En pocas palabras Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) es un cantante de música Folk a quien nada parece salirle bien. La historia se desarrolla en el ambiente de los clubes Folk de los años 60 en Nueva York. Llewyn toca ocasionalmente en uno u otro, pero no tiene nada más que su guitarra, así que tiene que dormir en el sofá de unos amigos un día y en la de otros la noche siguiente, viviendo prácticamente de la caridad. Hasta allí pensamos "Ok, esta película va a tratar de su lucha por tener éxito, grabar un disco, etc" y nos disponemos a ver una trama inspiradora y esperanzadora sobre la voluntad humana. Sigamos.

    La cinta avanza y nos damos cuenta que Llewyn ya grabó un disco (que no se ha vendido) y que incluso había grabado otro anteriormente junto a su compañero inicial (Llewyn ahora es solista) que tampoco fue un gran éxito. Su representante no le paga regalías porque dice que no existen; el gato de unos amigos huye por su culpa y al devolverlo le dicen que ese no es el animal (ni siquiera es del mismo sexo); la novia de un amigo le confiesa que está embarazada y no sabe si el niño es de su novio o de Llewyn, lo que para ella sería una catástrofe porque lo desprecia: lo cree un fracasado, un perdedor, una basura humana. Así que acuerdan un aborto (Llewyn ya conoce a un médico para el trabajo porque utilizó sus servicios un par de años atrás). Entonces pensamos "Wow, tiene que superar muchos obstáculos" pero confiamos en que podrá lograrlo.
    Cuando lo llaman para participar en la grabación de un sencillo de alguien más, decide cobrar un buen cheque y renunciar a las regalías de la canción (que luego tendrá algo de éxito) pero creemos que es el comienzo de la ascensión, sobretodo porque decide ir a Chicago para entrevistarse con un exitoso productor musical. Al mejor estilo de Kerouac, llega a Chicago y tras esperar al productor, le toca una canción y escucha el veredicto: no sirve. El consejo del productor: que se consiga un compañero. Una buena idea, excepto porque el ex compañero de Llewyn se suicidó tiempo atrás, lanzándose de un puente.

    Al volver a Nueva York, decide dejar de lado la música y trabajar en un barco (estuvo antes en la marina), paga las cuotas atrasadas al sindicato para poder enrolarse, pero no tiene su licencia ni dinero para renovarla, así que se queda sin dinero y sin trabajo (otra vez). Aquí pensamos que es una señal de la vida, que el destino no le dejó renunciar al Folk porque es lo que tiene que hacer y lo va a conseguir. Por lo que, aunque falta poco para el final de la película, no perdemos la esperanza.
    La amiga que lo desprecia le consigue la oportunidad de volver a tocar en el Gaslight Cafe (un club icónico en la historia del Folk) y lo vemos interpretar con fuerza un par de temas melancólicos. "Para esto ha nacido" pensamos. Pero Llewyn sale del club: alguien lo espera en el callejón para cobrarle una cuenta pendiente. Mientras lo vemos salir, un joven con cabellos rizados, guitarra en mano y la armónica cerca de los labios, se sube al escenario a tocar "Farewell". Es Bob Dylan.

    En el callejón Llewyn recibe una paliza, mientras a través de las paredes escuchamos la voz de Dylan. Y este momento es el que define toda la película: la oposición entre Dylan, el exitoso dios del Folk cuya carrera apenas comienza; y Llewyn, un hombre común que nunca lo logrará, que no tendrá éxito en una carrera que jamás despegó. Bob Dylan es la estrella en ascenso que Llewyn jamás podrá llegar a ser. La paliza que recibió de un hombre cuyo rostro no vemos, es el símbolo para la vida que le insiste "no te levantes, no podrás vencer".

    El antagonismo entre Dylan y Llewyn es acentuado por dos hechos. El primero es que Llewyn se pierde la interpretación de Bob. El Folk que tanto ama acaba de encontrar un representante digno y Llewyn no lo ve. El segundo es que al ver alejarse a su victimario en un taxi, Llewyn se tambalea y cae sentado al suelo pronunciando la última línea del guión: "Au revoir". No es adiós al taxi. Es adiós a los sueños, a la lucha, al Folk. Es la renuncia a todo lo que quiso hacer.
    Cuando termina la película, nos sorprende una sonrisa de incredulidad. ¿Cómo es posible que estemos sonriendo y hayamos disfrutado de una vida tan miserable como la del pobre Llewyn? (y creánme que me ahorré muchos detalles) Y ahí está la genialidad de los hermanos Coen (directores también de Fargo y The Big Lebowski): equilibrar con todo este drama, un humor negro presente en el diálogo, en las actuaciones (como la de John Goodman), en las letras tan absurdamente deprimentes de las canciones de Llewyn, en lo gracioso que resulta que haya un tipo que tenga ¡tan mala suerte!
    ¿Te gustan los dramas ?¿Te gusta la música Folk? ¿Te gustó The Big Lebowski? ¿Disfrutas las películas de comedia negra? si respondes negativamente a las preguntas anteriores, entonces no te molestes en ver la película. Pero si, por el contrario, tu respuesta es afirmativa, a dos de ellas al menos, entonces esta película es para ti.
    Por el tratamiento tragicómico de la historia, una actuación protagónica hecha a la medida de lo que la película necesitaba, una fotografía impecable, una excelente mezcla de géneros (drama, comedia, musical, road movie) y el genio de los hermanos Coen para conciliar todos estos recursos, le doy 7,5/10 a la balada de un hombre común en mi escala personal.

    Reseñado por @cristiancaicedo


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  4. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) - The Main Character@lionsuit2955d

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    The Coen Brothers are genius, and I'm interested in all their work. Also they'd be the first ones to tell you I can't love every film like I do Lebowski or No Country.

    I saw this movie late, and a few people had given me mixed reviews. All that said, I ended up loving it.

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    The thing that grabs me most about this film is not even in the movie. It's the kind of thing that only someone like the Coen Brothers would have the guts or creative-awareness-depth to pull off.

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    If you watch the film knowing nothing about the period or scene in which it takes place, then you are watching a harsh, depressing, dying breath film. Even if you know some of the period and scene that my be the case, but there is more than meets the eye at first glance.

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    We have a story of a folk artist trying to get his career started. He's broke, cold, basically alone, often disliked, talented but not talented enough it seems--his album "Inside Llewyn Davis," is not connecting sustainably.

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    He is failing and at the end of the film, perhaps failed, finished, punched in the face on the ground, done.

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    Many people take this entire film as a pain piece, as watching a dying dog squirm. Art choked out by no one noticing.

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    It's not. Look into the history. Start with the album. This character is based on Dave Van Ronk. Blamo!

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    Dave Van Ronk was a badass, one of the players on the scene when Bob Dylan showed up. (Dylan stole Ronk's arrangement/version of "House of the Rising Sun" and recorded it without asking.)

    One of Van Ronk's first albums was titled... "Inside Dave Van Ronk" (1964).

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    This is not a film of failure, of the final gut punch to a dying artist.

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    This is the story of how muddy, dark, how painful it might be in the early stages...

    ..the early stages of building a creative path that's worth something, worth living, strong enough to wake up a kid enough to look into your work fifty years later after he hears just a clip of just one of your songs in a documentary about another artist who stole your arrangement.

    Like "20 something more albums" creative path.

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    Extremely encouraging. Llewyn Davis is not done. He will stand back up. He will play on.

    Be well.

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  5. Mandibil Movie Review : "Inside Llewyn Davis" [Cohen & Cohen 2013]@mandibil3608d

    I cannot recall another instance of a director collaboration like the Cohen brothers. Do they never get fed up with each other? I know they are brothers and all, but still!. They seem like a pair of siamese twins merged in the same mental space and unable to disconnect to go do different things if you get my meaning. And maybe that is a good thing. They have their particular style and moviegoers have come to expect a certain style and humour in their movies and they keep delivering.

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    This movie takes you inside a wannabe solo folk singer, trying to break through, after he lost his singing partner. It is set in the legendary New York Greenwich Village (mostly) and revolves around the joint The Gaslight, which has become famous for being the place that launched Bob Dylan. There are several references to Dylan like llewyns brown jacket and wild curly hair, reminiscing the album "Freewheelin´" There is a faint and gentle hint at this being a time of change (Dylan pun intended), with references to Kennedy first of all, but more powerful are the references to old music. The oldschool folk singers, the selfabsorbed jazz musician, the old and mouldy managers and producers etc. They are going down the dustbin and llewyn instinctively knows this but he is economically dependant on them. There is no reference to rock n roll though, for a good reason, because that would later be what killed the folk scene (again a reference to Dylan)

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    At the end of the movie you realize that this is not a linear but rather a circular story. A few scenes at the start repeats at the end in slightly different versions. Off course this is important for understanding the theme of the movie exactly because of the small differences. These are supposed to hint at the development of the character and ultimately a comment on development of yourself. In my opinion this movie is about realizing your potential both for the good and for the bad - and then getting ahead. You have to realize the reality of your situation or you will be stuck in an illusion forever. If you know the story of Dylans relation to the folkscene, you surely know what i am hinting at, and i am convinced that the directors are aware of this also.

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    Llewyn is a bit of a loser. Everything he touches seems to go wrong or make him loose money. All of these situations piling up, are the hints in his life begging him to take responsibility and take control of his own life. He is trying to cut away his own history, which means he looses everything from his past, also the things that he might have wanted to keep, like that sailors book. But then again his father cannot recognize him and shits on his ambitions. A big red flag saying beat it kid, we disown you. The cat is literally out of the bag and it is dragging him around, forcing him to make decisions about his life.

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    At times the movie feels as in a dream, like in that trip to Chicago. I think this is meant to tell Llewyn that running away is not going to do any good either or killing the inner voice that tells him to take responsibility (running over the cat with the car). He cannot go back to his old and safer job as a sailor either The bridges has been burned and he knows that he will not be able to get back to his dream of becoming a successful artist again if he goes back to his pre folksinger life.

    So the cards are layed out for him and what does he do? That is exactly where the movie stops. It is up to you to decide what to do with your life and clear up the messes you have made to get ahead in life and find your true potential. llewyn gets to say goodbye to his old self, hinted at by the guy in the backyard, punching him in the face. He is a placeholder for his own shitty behaviour and he is able to externalize and see what a jerk he has been.

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    The irony is that all the while he has struggled with himself and his shitty behaviour, he has gotten his career absolutely nowhere, while other ambitious folksingers have overtaking his place. He could have been the new Bob Dylan if he had had the balls. Instead the real Bob Dylan takes his place and he is pushed aside and faces mediocrity once again. He lost an opportunity.

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    It is the sort of movie I really want to like. The theme is great and the acting is good and so on. It just needs a bit more of spark. It kind of drags along in slowmotion and the interactions are too repetitive and uninteresting to keep me really glued to the screen. A good indication wheteher a movie is in the good half or the bad half is ... do i want to watch it again ? I think the answer to that is yes, but it is not an overwhelming feeling

    Rating: 7/10

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