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Joel Coen: Depictions of various cities, states, and regions of America
The various aspects that make the character of a city, state or region of America are an integral component in several Coen Brothers films. "Raising Arizona" strongly features the distinct Arizona landscape, and some of the movie's characters were stereotypes of typical Arizonans. Similarly, in "Fargo" the landscape and accents of North Dakota and Minnesota are an essential component of the film. "The Big Lebowski" is the Coen's Los Angeles film, with the Dude and other characters as emblamatic of the city's eclectic population. "O Brother Where Art Thou" is distinctly Southern, as it was filmed in rural Mississippi, most of the characters speak with pronounced Southern accents, and the soundtrack is a mix of old country and folk songs. "Barton Fink" is in some respects a satire on another famous area of Los Angeles - Hollywood. There are several scenes in the movie that in the Coen Brother's distinctly farcical way, paint the movie industry, and movie executives in particular, in a very unflattering light.
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