Fellini?
It would seem the title is a take on Satyricon. I could be wrong, but, if not, this could be really interesting.
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A valid point.
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Or it may simply mean a sort of primer on suburbia, like:
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I've always thought the Coes were the most "Fellini-esque" of American directors, in the sense that they are not afraid of extreme visuals. Some of the smaller parts in their films are the most interesting and, one might say, "grotesque" faces in movies today. Like real life, we see these kind of people everyday, but conservative Hollywood likes to sanitize things, and uses mostly Pretty People.
Look at:
-the heavy lady who ran Llewelin's trailer park in No Country
-the elevator man in Barton Fink
-the guy shoveling his walk talking to the cop in Fargo
-EVERYBODY in O Brother WAT
Can you think of more examples?
Sam K
When I saw the title, I immediately thought of Satyricon. I remember in the Coen brothers' Oscar acceptance speech for No Country one of them mentioned the quality of their source material (Homer, Cormac McCarthy, and I think he said the Bible though I don't know for which movie). I wouldn't put it past them to film a modern take on Petronius' Satyricon. Fellini has already done a version of it, but I'd imagine the Coen brothers' vision of Petronius would be far different (and probably just as racy as the book...if that's even possible).
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