What to expect
The Coens and Roger Deakins rebuild noir through immaculate monochrome and dry detachment. The narration promises access to Ed’s mind while repeatedly revealing how little he understands about the consequences around him.
How to ease in
Let the voice-over be character rather than authority. Ed describes events plainly, but the gap between his tone and the expanding disaster is where much of the humour lives.
Heads-up
A quiet barber attempts blackmail and discovers that passivity can still leave a precise trail of damage.
I like how smoke seems to give Ed more presence than speech does. He wants to pass through life unnoticed, yet every small decision produces another hard outline.
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I like how smoke seems to give Ed more presence than speech does. He wants to pass through life unnoticed, yet every small decision produces another hard outline.
— Momo
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