O Brother, Where Art Thou?

From the epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer, set in the deep south during the 1930's. In it, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. Director Joel Coen made O Brother, Where Art Thou with the genre of comedy, adventure, crime and music.

This is an interesting film because it contains reference from other films like The Wizard of Oz, Crossroads, and Cool Hand Luke. A scene when the KKK rally with the chanting and the marching of the Klansman, also when the heroes who sneak in by overpowering three of the Klansman and taking their outfits came from the Wicked Witch's castle.

George Clooney's character Everett McGill came from Everett McGill, an actor who appeared in the film Quest for Fire. McGill portrayed the leader of a group of three early humans on a journey to find fire and bring it back to their tribe. The name "Ulysses Everett McGill" to Clooney's character's leadership of a similarly dim-witted trio on a quest.

Much of the music used is from Appalachian folk music, including that of Virginia folk/bluegrass. The music selection is drawn from spiritual music of this region, including that of the Primitive Baptist Church, and other popular religious music. There is a notable use of dirges and other macabre songs, a theme which often recurs in Appalachian Music (Oh Death, Lonesome Valley, Angel Band) in contrast to bright or corrective songs (Keep On The Sunny side, You Are My Sunshine) in other parts of the movie. These songs lend a spiritual air and deeper allegory to the comedic film.

This film has a pleasant yellow that gets the film going from the get go. One scene is in the beginning of the film where the three convicts escaped jail, another is at the end of the film where the three little girls was walking and sing behind McGill. The lighting was very direct because the scene where they were at Wash Hogwallop home after dinner the light was directly on Mr. Hogwallop face with a dark surrounding. Where you could see his faces with expressions that clearly identified his feelings.