The Coen Brothers

Despite having their movies financed and distributed by major studios, Joel and Ethan Coen have manged to remain true independents, determinedly rejecting commercial clichés and never giving up their own fiercely idiosyncratic vision. Their genre-bending movies, alternating between spoof and seriousness, such as Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and the Oscar award-winning Fargo, reveal a distinctive stamp-a flamboyant visual style, richly conceived characters, crisp dialogue and brilliant casting.