Miguel Cane
As is his first foray into 'official' in the venerable western genre, the formidable Coen brothers have dared nothing less than to give a fresh look at the story told in the popular film with nerves of steel ( True Grit, 1969), directed by Henry Hathaway and starring legendary John Wayne.
However, it should be noted this version is not at all a remake.
In this case, the Coen recapture the original novel by Charles Portis (a wonderful chronicle of life in the West, told from the point of view of a woman) and the result is completely different. Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) is a wise and mature fourteen year old girl who embarks on a perilous journey to bring to justice (read: pitchfork) the murderer of his father, the fugitive Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin).
To do decide to hire Rooster Cogburn ( Jeff Bridges), a police chief with many arrests, but alcoholic and a bad reputation, since prisoners rarely make their living at the trial. They will join LaBeouf (Matt Damon), a proud Texas Ranger takes time trying to capture the same man for another offense prior to collect a substantial reward. Bridges , qe is a enormÃsimo actor, he boldly enters the role of Cogburn, who capped the career of John Wayne with a deserved Oscar. Having already worked with the Coens in The Big Lebowski (1998), was the first choice of the brothers and is very well as the sly-eyed Cogburn borrachales and thus provides one of his best performances, creating an unheroic character closer to Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven , (1992), brutal and terrible, but also just and courageous and is the heart of the film, especially in his scenes with Miss Steinfeld, who gets to live up to give the reply. For its part, the character played by Matt Damon has a comic eccentricity that fits perfectly into the world of Coen recalling the character of George Clooney in Where are you brother? (2000). LaBeouf is cocky and verbose, but well-intentioned, so tenacious and courageous as their fellow travelers.
While in the 1969 film as the main characters was virtually monopolized by Wayne, the Coen Mattie returned to the central place of Portis's novel. Hailee Steinfeld - it really is old he is-he plays a character conceived by the Coen as bold, bold and rather foolish, do not hesitate to deal with experienced men, using education as a weapon and does not take 'no' by response, without losing its sharpness coeniana (inescapable element of these filmmakers), leading to memorable dialogue.
Special mention Mattie Elizabeth Marvel as the adult, which frames the story as a remembrance from his maturity, without losing the sharp air and candid of his youthful counterpart. In his journey in pursuit of justice and / or revenge, the girl must deep into Indian territory shifting the symbolic frontier between civilization from savagery. In this risky while unpredictable adventure, the protagonist will forge his character while lost innocence.
Revisionist (as it was McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), the significant western Robert Altman), dark, full of black humor, sometimes dirty and violent but also moments of great beauty and warmth, this film is a wonderful exercise in style that retrieves the genre, without losing the distinctive style of their authors. Joel and Ethan Coen have managed to enshrine the novel by Charles Portis in his peculiar films, presenting a work that Manichaeism away from making use of irony and his view on human nature and its twisted branches. Great film with something for everyone, even those who do not like the western genre, but can not resist a story told masterfully.
With nerves of steel / True Grit
With Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper and Elizabeth Marvel
Directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen
United States, 2010
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