When Joel Coen did publicity on “The Tragedy of Macbeth” late last year he had mentioned that his brother Ethan was done making movies and would concentrate on theatre.
Well, it didn’t take long for Ethan to un-retire and set his next film, solo, without Joel. Ethan co-wrote the upcoming “Drive-Away Dykes” with his wife Tricia Cooke. It is now set to start production this coming September.
Purely based on the synopsis and title, we now know which Coen is the silly one. What a title! I presume that it will get changed? The film is said to be a lesbian road trip drama.
Coen and Cooke initially wrote the screenplay in the mid-2000s, which is said to be a “Russ Meyer-inspired romp” that was initially supposed to be directed by Allison Anders (“Gas Food Lodging.”
“The story centered on a party girl who takes a trip from Philadelphia to Miami with her buttoned-down friend. Cruising bars ensues as does the potpourri of a severed head in a hatbox, a bitter ex-girlfriend, a mystery briefcase and an evil senator.”
Does this mean that there is a rift between the Coens? I sure hope not. Their last film together was the 2018 anthology western “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” which, if it is indeed their last film together, could now be seen as a fitting swan song.
The Coens are one of the great filmmakers of our time, having delivered classics such as “No Country For Old Men,” “Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Barton Fink,” and “A Serious Man.”