"Inside Llewyn Davis" (2013) Directed by The Coen Brothers

The title of Inside Llewyn Davis may refer to us as the audience being within the confines of this frustrated singer and experiencing his inner torment, but similarly it can be seen as slightly ironic as Llewyn is anything but inside but very much outside and struggling to find his rightful place in the burgeoning folk rock scene of the 1960’s. The film is set in 1961 and pre Bob Dylan however the film is inexplicably linked to Dylan in so many ways. Dave Van Ronk and Bob Dylan were on/off friends for many years and both pioneers of the folk scene. One received universal acclaim as one of the greatest singer songwriters of our age, whilst the other was marginally less successful! But history aside the film is soaked through with a Dylanesque tone and sepia colouring, right through to feeling like his famous album cover for “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”. It may just be me (OK, it is just me!) but seeing Llewyn trudging, head down through the Chicago snow is vaguely reminiscent of this album cover and Dylan himself appears in the finale’.

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The above paragraph is taken from my original spoiler free review of "Inside Llewyn Davis" penned and published a decade ago, transferred to my Medium blog site and which can now be read in full and for free via my Substack blog site and original updated article linked immediately below. Also linked below is my original opus blog article on the cinematic career of the Coen Brothers.

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/inside-llewyn-davis-2013-dccc6642dc38

https://medium.com/@stephenblackford561/the-world-according-to-the-coen-brothers-f033b11d957d

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