Relatively Speaking

by Ethan Coen, Elaine May, Ethan Coen

Genres: Plays, Theatre

61 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are four-time Academy Award winning American filmmakers. For more than twenty years, the pair have written and directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy) to film noir (Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, No Country for Old Men), to movies where genres blur together (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Barton Fink). The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly, although until recently Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. They often alternate top billing for their screenplays while sharing film credits for editor under the alias Roderick Jaynes. They are known in the film business as "the two-headed director", as they share such a similar vision of what their films are to be that actors say that they can approach either brother with a question and get the same answer.

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 One Act plays: 2 stars for Ethan Coen, 3 stars for Elaine May, 4 stars for Woody (so I guess they put them in the right order).

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

This trio of comic one-acts by masters of the form Elaine May, Woody Allen, and Ethan Coen is a blast, full of big belly laughs and a couple of powerful emotional jabs.