Wow, Again

[snurri]

Coen Bros. to adapt The Yiddish Policeman's Union.

Comments

[the-flea-king.livejournal.com]

Good wow or bad wow?

[jamiam.livejournal.com]

Um, wow.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Well, good. I didn't love the book, but it was a great concept, and the Coen Bros. are an automatic wow in my book.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I already said that.

[jamiam.livejournal.com]

It needed to be said again.

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

Fucking. Awesome.

I suppose it'd be too much to ask...

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

...for them to actually film the Yiddish parts in Yiddish.

Re: I suppose it'd be too much to ask...

[snurri.livejournal.com]

With subtitles or something? They should TOTALLY do that.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I'm not convinced the strengths of the Coens and the strengths of Chabon are as good a fit as the strengths of the Coens and the strengths of McCarthy. But then, I'm a bit of a Coens agnostic anyway.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

They've stumbled a couple of times, so I'm not of the they-can-do-no-wrong mindset; but I think that the low-key humor of the book is a great fit for them. The noir aspect, too. It'll be interesting to see.