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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Film
DirectorJoel Coen
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Figures

Locations
  • The film's 1961 Greenwich Village setting.
Form & technique
  • The film's narrative structure (the final scene looping back to the opening scene).
  • Llewyn's self-sabotaging behavior and the film's circular narrative. → The Repetition Compulsion
  • The film's cinematography and color palette.
Tropes
  • Ulysses the cat
  • Llewyn's musical career vs. Bob Dylan's emergence
  • The road trip to Chicago.
  • The film's musical performances.
  • Llewyn's financial struggles and homelessness.
  • The film's allusions to Homer's Odyssey.
  • Llewyn Davis as a character archetype.
  • Llewyn's relationships and professional life. → The Fragile Alpha

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