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The First Seven Minutes Of THE BROTHERS BLOOM Wants Your Two Bucks!

Beaks here...

Normally, I abhor the practice of previewing the opening ten minutes or whatever of any movie online. Your first viewing should be in full, without interruptions.

That said, a film like Rian Johnson's THE BROTHERS BLOOM can withstand such a tease. Imagine if, in September of 1990, you'd watched the opening "ethics" scene in MILLER'S CROSSING and stopped at the director's credit, right after the hat had blown down that leafy lane (behind Carter Burwell's indelible main theme). Though you would've been furious at having to wait another month or so to see the entire movie, there's nothing in that sequence that would've "spoiled" the movie for you. It would've just been an enticing preamble to a (hopefully) wonderful film.

That's what the below video accomplishes for THE BROTHERS BLOOM. Granted, there's more of a direct, emotional hook here than there's ever been in a Coen Brothers movie; still, it's not a bad thing to have an idea of what to expect from Johnson's con man yarn going in - especially since very few writer-directors are this sophisticated with their storytelling nowadays. Having only seen the film once, watching this sequence again made me desperate for a second go-round. It shook out pretty cleanly the first time through, but there are certain nuances I know I missed.

So I implore you to watch the first seven minutes of the movie, which finally hits theaters on May 29th, 2009.


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First?
by blakindigo
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:06:54 AM
Fuck!
by The_Coyote
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:07:48 AM
Oh hell Yeah!—
by blakindigo
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:10:27 AM
This compares to Miller's Crossing...
by ErnestBorgNine
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:15:13 AM
Damn Beaks—
by blakindigo
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:15:28 AM
Are you all idiots? He's not comparing this to Miller's.
by gnarwhal_evan
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:23:13 AM
The Headline and
by MJDeViant
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:26:42 AM
gnarwhat
by blakindigo
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:26:44 AM
Does this mean that the studios
by seppukudkurosawa
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:27:41 AM
Oh, and screw these U.S.-only video links
by seppukudkurosawa
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:29:17 AM
Brick is good for one viewing...
by ErnestBorgNine
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:31:58 AM
Based on the trailer
by songfighter
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:32:06 AM
Psycopath Chic, yay!
by Frisco
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:52:33 AM
You know what movie I want to see?
by ErnestBorgNine
Apr 23rd, 2009
02:59:45 AM
Ricky Jay!
by BadMrWonka
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:04:27 AM
Seriously guys its a great movie
by IndustryKiller!
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:13:05 AM
what a great start, though...seriously
by BadMrWonka
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:15:17 AM
Yeah ErnestBorgNine, you're right.
by IndustryKiller!
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:16:33 AM
ErnestBorgNine
by BadMrWonka
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:20:24 AM
Some "Spielbergian" camera work...
by CENOBITE
Apr 23rd, 2009
03:27:10 AM
I cannot watch!!!!
by peopleintrees
Apr 23rd, 2009
04:17:44 AM
Looks pretty good
by StevenScorsese
Apr 23rd, 2009
04:55:34 AM
Hulu Sux
by LeadMagnet
Apr 23rd, 2009
05:10:37 AM
FUCK HULU
by champvinyl
Apr 23rd, 2009
06:11:54 AM
Get over yourselves, people.
by Dingbatty
Apr 23rd, 2009
06:54:57 AM
stupid small island...
by shoveller
Apr 23rd, 2009
07:02:47 AM
also...
by Bob X
Apr 23rd, 2009
07:12:14 AM
not INTERNET FRIENDLY site...
by tbdeinc
Apr 23rd, 2009
07:50:01 AM
I don'
by wampa 1
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:14:50 AM
Man i want to see this already
by thefoggiest
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:15:06 AM
...t know...
by wampa 1
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:15:26 AM
MAX RECORDS
by kgerm
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:24:33 AM
HUUUUUUUUUUUULUL
by C0ns
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:24:52 AM

by C0ns
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:25:09 AM
that worked. i'm there.
by vaudeville villain
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:59:24 AM
It felt Magnolia-ish
by Crow3711
Apr 23rd, 2009
09:06:30 AM
Fluffing motherfuckers
by seppukudkurosawa
Apr 23rd, 2009
10:05:47 AM
The U.S. IS the center of the Universe...
by SierraTangoFoxtrotUniform
Apr 23rd, 2009
10:52:05 AM
eh i'm over acn
by Potatino
Apr 23rd, 2009
11:01:09 AM
Dear bitching world citizens:
by the_patriot
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:05:35 PM
Just watched the workprint with Harry.
by Stuntcock Mike
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:12:48 PM
the_patriot
by seppukudkurosawa
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:24:51 PM
Yeah
by Cobbio
Apr 23rd, 2009
12:44:02 PM
saw this last night
by johnnysunshine
Apr 23rd, 2009
04:17:17 PM
You win Bloom
by Aphex Twin
Apr 23rd, 2009
04:57:45 PM
Still doesn't shake my feeling that this...
by TheFarkMan
Apr 23rd, 2009
05:00:36 PM
Vorga!
by Chariowalda_Barbarossa
Apr 23rd, 2009
05:23:47 PM
Don't forget the song
by Lost Boy
Apr 23rd, 2009
05:30:08 PM
Too quirky for it's own good?!
by blakindigo
Apr 23rd, 2009
08:38:09 PM
Saw this in Boston on Wed.
by Shigeru
Apr 24th, 2009
12:41:34 PM
I haven't watched all of "Brick" yet but..
by AspectRatio235
May 7th, 2009
03:46:28 PM
So it's a Wes Anderson movie...
by Davidia
May 8th, 2009
03:01:15 PM

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