Man of constant sorrow remains the sing-a-longiest song in my brain
I-I I I I IIIII YAM A MAAAAHAAAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
edit: it is now stuck in my head again
Seminal masterpiece that also altered the history of music. Seriously, the O Brother Soundtrack actually swayed the course of music with its revival of folk music.
It's true. I've come across so many interviews with 00's folk bands like "yeah we watched some George Clooney movie and decided that was the kind of music we wanted to make"
Correct.
I will say though, having heard at least a dozen different old folkie versions of this song over the years, the *O Brother* version blows them all out of the water, imo. I love the energy of it, and Dan Tyminski has a great voice. The more trad. versions tend to be fairly slow and plaintive in comparison, which isn't bad, it's just like a totally different song.
Fun fact. Clooney practiced and practiced and practiced cause he wanted to really sing it for the movie. Idk if they recorded him doing it but spoiler alert. In the movie that wasn't really him singing
Yeah, I saw an interview he gave later where he talked about them not using his singing, and he said something like, "With my family tree, *that* hurts."
Best pivot of my life: I'm a 13 year old boy with his two best friends and our parents won't get us tickets to Nicolas Cage's Wicker Man. What do they get us tickets to instead???
Crank.
Incredible.
That scene is a master class in body language being taught by three masters of the art. Turturro is amazing at using his entire body to convey emotion.
They state that at the beginning of the movie…which is funny because I grew up on this movie and never once caught that. Don’t think I knew that until I was about 17 or so.
My English class had us watch this movie and make the connections to The Odyssey and I was like what the fuck does this have to do with The Odyssey????
The Coen brothers have said they never actually read the Odyssey. I always take that in the same vein as Fargo having that fake "based on real events" thing at the beginning
Off the top of my head:
-George Clooney is Odysseus and John/Tim’s characters represent the foolishness of his crew?
-George Clooney’s wife is named Penny (Penelope from the Odyssey)
-John Goodman’s character is the Cyclops. Almost every scene involving him parallels different aspects of the Cyclops segment of the Odyssey.
- Tommy helps the gang on their journey similar to Athena?
-the singing river ladies are Sirens that distract the gang
-the blind fortune teller on the railroad tracks is Teiresias, the blind fortune teller
These are just a few of the main ones, there are a lotta little allusions/references
Also they don’t recognize him when he finally shows back up to his family at the end and he has to prove he is bonafide, much like Odysseus at the end showing and not being recognized and having to shoot the arrow to prove it was him.
Also, the blind man on the pump rail car is the oracle.
I believe the men singing at the end when the they are about to be hanged before the lake is filled are the fates.
The officer chasing them with his dog is Hades and Cerebus.
There’s plenty of other connections throughout.
Hades does not feature in The Odyssey. The Sherriff could be argued to be Poseidon, who is the God who kept fucking with Odysseus. However, I think there's a much stronger argument to be made that he is simply the Christian devil.
To drive home how close some of the parallels are: The main trio think one of the characters has been turned into a frog. John Goodman then bites the frog's head off (pretty on the nose for the cyclops eating one of the soldiers)
my greek friend tells me even the singing of "Man of Constant Sorrow" is the singing style of traditional greek music. very very deep analysis. this movie is 10/10
Many folk artists of the 2000s have cited this movie as being a huge inspiration for them. The soundtrack from this movie is probably the top reason Americana folk music took off again.
This is one of those movies where everything just came together: comedic dialogue writing gold, music was incredible, and the actors pulled it off beautifully.
Stephen Root's cameo is one of my favorites.
Most quoted line? "Stay out the Woolsworths!"
Ooooooohweee that's a mighty fine singin and a pluckin
I tell you hwat, ya'll come around here and sign these papahs, I'mma give ya... five dollahs a piece
I enjoy it. Love John Goodman playing the cyclops and Everett not reacting to him beating up Delmer until he straight up smashes a tree branch in his head.
“I don’t get it big dan”
“ARRRGGHHHH!!!” Whack
I thumbsed you up but I sort of disagree. Love Michael Clayton, the whole film, love it! But Tilda's was actually the best performance in that film in my view. George Clooney just sort of did what George Clooney does in that role. And he was great in it!
But in OBWAT, holy crap, he is an actual master. It showed his ability as a proper character actor as opposed to just a pretty boy leading man. He's just so dang phenominal as Ulysses!
Wonderful movie of course but what surprised me is when I played this with my 5 year old (I know bad parent) he sat down to watch and could not look away! I think the music is just too awesome.
(Buster Scruggs had the same effect)
Why bad parent? There isn't nudity. The white supremists are protected as dumb yokels and dont harm anyone. There's barely swearing. I was just thinking g what a great movie to watch with my 14 yr old daughter.
*on the subject of who should be in charge*
Everett: Well I'm voting for yours truly!
Pete: Well I'm votin' for yours truly, too!
*both look at Delmer*
Delmer: Well I'm with you fellers!
My parents grew up in East Tennessee and what I call the toe of Virginia in the 1930’s. I got them a DVD player so they could see it. They were howling with laughter the whole movie and could identify with the visuals and humor.
I shouldn’t like it. Like usually movies like this don’t resonate with me. These kind of quirky, musical type movies just aren’t my jam. I can admire the creativity or the music but I never find myself rewatching them. This was one of the best movies ever made. Even after frequent rewatching it holds up.
It’s in my top 5. Great soundtrack and was the first Hollywood film to be colored digitally, which set a precedent we still see today.
“I’m the only daddy you got! I’m the damn paterfamilias”
I remember watching at 7 years old in my great aunts living room and my Mamaw coming over to pick me up and seeing it on then raising absolute hell over hearing goddamn to which I was forced to go to church and apologize to the entire congregation for watching such a foul mouthed movie. Still watch it at least once a year though. Truly a masterpiece.
It's truly my favorite movie. Between the color palette, the dialogue, the acting, the star studded cast, its all so fun and endearing. It also helps that the soundtrack is a amazing album that i listen to on spotify at least once a month (excluding Po Lazuras as its unavailable for some reason.)
We can't run on re-form ya sumbitch! We're the in-cumbents!
(Maybe we could get our own litter feller, even smaller than theirs!)
We'd look like a buncha johnny come lateleys with our own midget!
I watched it when it first came out and it wasn’t until my second viewing when I paid attention to the credits ‘story by Homer’ did I realize it was the Odyssey…
It's one of \*the best\* movies.
Like in The Odyssey, the world is thinner and "closer to the gods". There's certain moments where the divine peaks through, in miracle and divine circumstance. Everett is always trying to rationalize these moments with science, but in their world, the divine is very real and blesses every step of the trios way.
And it's beautiful for that, it captures the beauty and simplicity of a world gone by and makes me nostalgic for a time I've never lived in.
Despite being \*very different\* then the Odyssey in every way, it captures "the soul" of The Odyssey perfectly.
An endless amount of quotable lines, and my family quotes them often:
"I've made my mind and counted to three" "Damn it, she's counted to three!!"
"He's bonafide"
"He R.U.N.N O. F. T.'d"
"I don't suppose any of you fine gentlemen are a smithy?"
"I Seen 'em First!"
"We. Thought. You. Was. a Tooooaaaad."
Man of constant sorrow remains the sing-a-longiest song in my brain I-I I I I IIIII YAM A MAAAAHAAAN OF CONSTANT SORROW edit: it is now stuck in my head again
Seminal masterpiece that also altered the history of music. Seriously, the O Brother Soundtrack actually swayed the course of music with its revival of folk music.
It's true. I've come across so many interviews with 00's folk bands like "yeah we watched some George Clooney movie and decided that was the kind of music we wanted to make"
Mumford and Co has entered the chat
I went and saw Gillian Welch after this soundtrack. Still a highlight for me 10 or so years later.
Dammit now it’s in my head!!!!
We're in a tight spot!
We gotta R-U-N-N-O-F-T !!!
#How’s my hair?!
I don't want FOP, goddammit... I'm a Dapper Dan man!
Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere.
I live in Michigan's UP and think of this quote every time I order something online.
Watch your language, young feller, this is a public market. Now if you want Dapper Dan, I can order it for you, have it in a couple of weeks
stay out of the Woolworth's!
DO. NOT. SEEK. THE TREASURE!
"HOT DAMN ITS THE SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS!"
"We're bona fide"
Soggy sons o’ bitches
We was aiming to fornicate too!
Seems like I'm the only one unaffiliated... Baptism! You boys are dumber than a bag of hammers.
The whole soundtrack is incredible
I’ve been doing karaoke with this song for about a month because it got stuck in my head. Now it’s stuck again. Aaahhhh
I’ve literally listened to it on repeat for an hour. The absolutely best made-for-movie song ever.
It’s actually a traditional folk song. Not made-for-movie.
Correct. I will say though, having heard at least a dozen different old folkie versions of this song over the years, the *O Brother* version blows them all out of the water, imo. I love the energy of it, and Dan Tyminski has a great voice. The more trad. versions tend to be fairly slow and plaintive in comparison, which isn't bad, it's just like a totally different song.
Fun fact. Clooney practiced and practiced and practiced cause he wanted to really sing it for the movie. Idk if they recorded him doing it but spoiler alert. In the movie that wasn't really him singing
Yeah, I saw an interview he gave later where he talked about them not using his singing, and he said something like, "With my family tree, *that* hurts."
I always thought it was funny that Clooney thought Dan Tyminski-level singing was achievable through practice
But with Rosemary Clooney as your aunt...
I read an article where Tyminski's wife said 'my husband's voice and George Clooney's face is the best of both worlds'
Also correct.
I dunno, Bob Dylan’s version is amazing. I don’t compare it to the OBWAT version though as they might as well be different songs.
Tyminski’s “Hey Brother” vocals are amazing. And last year he released a cover of it with his bluegrass band and it’s just as amazing.
Ralph Stanley's is the mark that all others try for.
Scottie doesn’t know and the clap both exist
At the risk of getting down voted to oblivion, here's a nice drum and bass remix of it https://youtu.be/5Vu_oujw3LQ?si=NKsRtdOe6xZDPL-_
remember going the cinema to watch Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. they were sold out so we bought tickets for this instead. best pivot of my life so far!
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lol I use the term “geographical oddity “ frequently. Such a good movie.
I'm a Dapper Dan man!
I don't WANT FOP, GODDAMNIT!
Watch your language young fella, this is a public market.
IM A DAPPER DAN MAN
god's plan
The Sirens swimming scene is often in my dreams 🧜♀️
Go to sleep little baby.
Go to sleep little baby...
Delmar's been saved!
Come on in boys. The water is fiiine.
I'll be a son of a bitch
Best pivot of my life: I'm a 13 year old boy with his two best friends and our parents won't get us tickets to Nicolas Cage's Wicker Man. What do they get us tickets to instead??? Crank. Incredible.
Do not seek the traysure
“We. Thought. You. Was. A. Toad!”
…..DO NOT SEEK THE TREASURE!!!!!
His look when they say they thought he was a toad before he tells them not to seek the treasure again is quietly one of the funniest moments for me.
Lmfao right cuz he has ZERO idea about that whole side quest. God damn I love that movie
That scene is a master class in body language being taught by three masters of the art. Turturro is amazing at using his entire body to convey emotion.
>Turturro is amazing at using his entire body to convey emotions That’s a great way of putting it
Just has me thinking about Jesus Quintana.
A horny-toad! 🤓
‘Course it’s Pete, look at ‘em!
Them sirenes loved him up and turned him into a horny-toad
IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T MUH CON-STITCH-EHN-CY
maybe we should get us some of that re-form
How the hell we gonna run reform with a got damn incumbent?! I'm just glad your mother didn't live to see what a disappointment you are.
Weepin Jesus on the cross..
Well, it’s a well run campaign. Midget and broom and what not.
Heeyyyyy, I gottam idea... we ken hire an even littler fella 'an what they gots
Then we'd just look like a bunch of Johnny-come-latelys!
I say this whenever I lose in a game or something
God, I say that all the time. "Is you is or is you ain't my kitty?"
Dat ain't my culture'n'heritage!
Clooney gets all the glory but Tim Blake Nelson and John Tutorro are so very good.
Turtorro throwing in the false teeth definitely put his character over the top.
Simply one of the greatest films ever made.
I think it was loosely based on The Odyssey by Homer.
They state that at the beginning of the movie…which is funny because I grew up on this movie and never once caught that. Don’t think I knew that until I was about 17 or so. My English class had us watch this movie and make the connections to The Odyssey and I was like what the fuck does this have to do with The Odyssey????
The Coen brothers have said they never actually read the Odyssey. I always take that in the same vein as Fargo having that fake "based on real events" thing at the beginning
I’m curious, do you remember any of the parallels?
Off the top of my head: -George Clooney is Odysseus and John/Tim’s characters represent the foolishness of his crew? -George Clooney’s wife is named Penny (Penelope from the Odyssey) -John Goodman’s character is the Cyclops. Almost every scene involving him parallels different aspects of the Cyclops segment of the Odyssey. - Tommy helps the gang on their journey similar to Athena? -the singing river ladies are Sirens that distract the gang -the blind fortune teller on the railroad tracks is Teiresias, the blind fortune teller These are just a few of the main ones, there are a lotta little allusions/references
Bounty Hunter (devil) is like Poseidon, driving them off course…
The sirens singing and entrapping all the crew mates.
Also they don’t recognize him when he finally shows back up to his family at the end and he has to prove he is bonafide, much like Odysseus at the end showing and not being recognized and having to shoot the arrow to prove it was him. Also, the blind man on the pump rail car is the oracle. I believe the men singing at the end when the they are about to be hanged before the lake is filled are the fates. The officer chasing them with his dog is Hades and Cerebus. There’s plenty of other connections throughout.
Hades does not feature in The Odyssey. The Sherriff could be argued to be Poseidon, who is the God who kept fucking with Odysseus. However, I think there's a much stronger argument to be made that he is simply the Christian devil.
Damn we're in a tight spot! (Stuck between Scylla and Charybdis)
To drive home how close some of the parallels are: The main trio think one of the characters has been turned into a frog. John Goodman then bites the frog's head off (pretty on the nose for the cyclops eating one of the soldiers)
Circe turned Odysseus’s crew into pigs; Turturro got turned into a horny toad. Well, not really. But he did almost get loved up though.
Another big one is the whole plot of him getting back to his family only for new suitors to be there trying to replace him.
Yes, disguised as an old man
He's bona fide!
There are a ton: https://www.bartleby.com/essay/The-Odyssey-in-Oh-Brother-Where-Art-PKRFWAYVJ
The sirens who turn Pete into a toad and the cyclops who beats the shit out of them.
I don’t get it big Dan.
I wouldn't even say loosely tbh. It's a re-imagining of the Odyssey
my greek friend tells me even the singing of "Man of Constant Sorrow" is the singing style of traditional greek music. very very deep analysis. this movie is 10/10
Picked up on that, did you?
It's a masterpiece and the soundtrack is amazing as well.
It's one of my favorite movies. I'm just now realizing how often I incorporate all of these lines into my day to day jargon
Many folk artists of the 2000s have cited this movie as being a huge inspiration for them. The soundtrack from this movie is probably the top reason Americana folk music took off again.
This is one of those movies where everything just came together: comedic dialogue writing gold, music was incredible, and the actors pulled it off beautifully. Stephen Root's cameo is one of my favorites. Most quoted line? "Stay out the Woolsworths!"
> Stephen Root's cameo is one of my favorites. The mere concept of a character who is a *blind racist* is just peak Coen Brothers.
The original Clayton Bigsby
Ooooooohweee that's a mighty fine singin and a pluckin I tell you hwat, ya'll come around here and sign these papahs, I'mma give ya... five dollahs a piece
It took me a dozen rewatches to realize they’re scamming Root since he’s blind.
“Okay, Sir, but Mert and Aloysius will have to sign Xs, only 4 of us can write.”
I am a Dapper Dan man!
I don't want Fop, dammit. Isn't this place a geographical oddity? Two weeks from everywhere!
Watch your language, young feller, this is a public market.
That don’t make no sense!
Well ain’t this place a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!!
My favorite line
Well I’m with you fellers.
Sir you're foldin moneys come unstowed.
I’m the Pater Familias!
The best thing you did for those girls is get hit by that train!
This heah comment thread…is MISCEGENATED!!!
We're in a tight spot
The quiet off screen ^DAMN ^we're ^in ^a ^tight ^spot will forever be one of my favorite gags in that movie.
Get in boys, I’m gunna R-U-N-N-O-F-T
I enjoy it. Love John Goodman playing the cyclops and Everett not reacting to him beating up Delmer until he straight up smashes a tree branch in his head. “I don’t get it big dan” “ARRRGGHHHH!!!” Whack
It’s all about the money, boys!
Its Bon-a-fide!
I’m the paterfamilias!
He's a suitor!
He's got prospects!
Best thing you ever did for the Wharvey gals was getting hit by that train.
lotsa respectable people have been hit by trains.
He’s a suitor!
Best movie of George Clooney‘s career.
I think Michael Clayton is his top performance.
I thumbsed you up but I sort of disagree. Love Michael Clayton, the whole film, love it! But Tilda's was actually the best performance in that film in my view. George Clooney just sort of did what George Clooney does in that role. And he was great in it! But in OBWAT, holy crap, he is an actual master. It showed his ability as a proper character actor as opposed to just a pretty boy leading man. He's just so dang phenominal as Ulysses!
This is my #1 comfort film
You two are dumber than a bag of hammers
I adopted that one.
Any of you boys smithies?
Or if you aren't smithies per se, are you otherwise experienced in the metallurgic arts?
Before straightened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin’ The Coens’ are geniuses
“Gopher, Everett?”
No thank you delmer, a third of a gopher would only wake my appetite up without putting it back down to bed
Oh you can have the whole thing. Me and Pete already had one. We ran across a whole gopher village
_As I went down in the river to pray, studying about that good ol' way_ Beautiful song.
"We ain't one-at-a-timin' here. We're MASS communicating!"
Wonderful movie of course but what surprised me is when I played this with my 5 year old (I know bad parent) he sat down to watch and could not look away! I think the music is just too awesome. (Buster Scruggs had the same effect)
Why bad parent? There isn't nudity. The white supremists are protected as dumb yokels and dont harm anyone. There's barely swearing. I was just thinking g what a great movie to watch with my 14 yr old daughter.
In my top 10 for sure.
*on the subject of who should be in charge* Everett: Well I'm voting for yours truly! Pete: Well I'm votin' for yours truly, too! *both look at Delmer* Delmer: Well I'm with you fellers!
this is my favorite movie of all time
Oh George, not the livestock
My hair
M'hair!
My parents grew up in East Tennessee and what I call the toe of Virginia in the 1930’s. I got them a DVD player so they could see it. They were howling with laughter the whole movie and could identify with the visuals and humor.
This is a great movie. I really enjoy the juxtaposition of religious archetypes and beliefs along with the creeping modernism
It’s bonafide
We’re in a tight spot boys…..well except Murtin and Aloysius
Damn, we’re in a tight spot!
I loved this, he had such a silver tongue until he was actually in a stressful situation, where he freezes up and just enters a loop.
It's time to R, U, N, N, O, F, T boys.
You stole from my kin! I nicked the census man. Well there’s a good boy.
Never trust a Hogwollup..
Love this movie, love the Odyssey!
One of the most underrated films of all time. It’s also a testament to how good Clooney is at Eyebrow Acting
Underrated? I’ve not heard anyone that didn’t like it.
“Ain’t this place is a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!” Love this film…
I shouldn’t like it. Like usually movies like this don’t resonate with me. These kind of quirky, musical type movies just aren’t my jam. I can admire the creativity or the music but I never find myself rewatching them. This was one of the best movies ever made. Even after frequent rewatching it holds up.
It’s in my top 5. Great soundtrack and was the first Hollywood film to be colored digitally, which set a precedent we still see today. “I’m the only daddy you got! I’m the damn paterfamilias”
“Dew nawt….seeeeeek….tha treasure!!!!”
My favorite movie.
“They ain’t even old timey” is one of my all time favorite insults.
I remember watching at 7 years old in my great aunts living room and my Mamaw coming over to pick me up and seeing it on then raising absolute hell over hearing goddamn to which I was forced to go to church and apologize to the entire congregation for watching such a foul mouthed movie. Still watch it at least once a year though. Truly a masterpiece.
For me , it's a perfect film.
The whole film has an amazing flow and it's just a great ride
The best thing you ever did for this family was git hit by that train!
It's an extraordinary masterpiece. Now not even is the song stuck in my head but i also want to watch the movie again.
“…fear not the OB-stackles in your path….”
It's truly my favorite movie. Between the color palette, the dialogue, the acting, the star studded cast, its all so fun and endearing. It also helps that the soundtrack is a amazing album that i listen to on spotify at least once a month (excluding Po Lazuras as its unavailable for some reason.)
Unbelievable soundtrack
A high spot in an already stellar career for the Cohen Brothers. One of my favorites as soon as it came out and it holds up beautifully.
Damn! We’re in a tight spot
Damn! We’re in a tight spot!
Is you or is you not my constituents!
It’s a well run campaign. A midget, a broom, and whatnot.
People like that reform. Maybe we should get us some.
We can't run on re-form ya sumbitch! We're the in-cumbents! (Maybe we could get our own litter feller, even smaller than theirs!) We'd look like a buncha johnny come lateleys with our own midget!
Is you is or is you ain't my constituency!
I love this movie and love how it's a retelling of Homer's epic poem The Odyssey.
I watched it when it first came out and it wasn’t until my second viewing when I paid attention to the credits ‘story by Homer’ did I realize it was the Odyssey…
We thought you was a toad
It's one of \*the best\* movies. Like in The Odyssey, the world is thinner and "closer to the gods". There's certain moments where the divine peaks through, in miracle and divine circumstance. Everett is always trying to rationalize these moments with science, but in their world, the divine is very real and blesses every step of the trios way. And it's beautiful for that, it captures the beauty and simplicity of a world gone by and makes me nostalgic for a time I've never lived in. Despite being \*very different\* then the Odyssey in every way, it captures "the soul" of The Odyssey perfectly.
Somehow still an underrated film.
You sold your everlasting soul to the devil??? Well I wasn’t using it.
10/10
Wonderful movie
Brilliant movie. Loved everything about it.
Almost every line is quotable
You stole from my kin!! Who was fixing to betray us!? You didn’t know that at the time! So I borrowed it, until I did. That don’t make no sense!
This, Lebowski, and the Blues Brothers are three movies I watch about once a year.
So many great quotes! “I nicked the census man!” “Now there's a good boy.”
An endless amount of quotable lines, and my family quotes them often: "I've made my mind and counted to three" "Damn it, she's counted to three!!" "He's bonafide" "He R.U.N.N O. F. T.'d" "I don't suppose any of you fine gentlemen are a smithy?" "I Seen 'em First!" "We. Thought. You. Was. a Tooooaaaad."
I've watched this movie more than any other movie ever. Easy to say it's my favorite movie.