Publicity shy writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen came to Telluride for the first time, not only to screen "Inside Llewyn Davis" for festival audiences but to pay tribute to their long-time musical collaborator T-Bone Burnett. "Inside Llewyn Davis" is as pure as the driven snow, much like the title character played by gifted actor/musician Oscar Isaac (who played supporting roles in "Sucker Punch" and "Drive" as Carey Mulligan's husband). Which is to say that the movie is about an artist who can't be anything but himself. After the first full-length song that opens the movie, I was ready to applaud. Davis writes and soulfully performs old and new songs and plays the guitar beautifully--a propulsive style called Travis picking that Isaac had to master--and has earned the respect of his fellow folk musicians (Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver). And yet he's not a likable fellow, partly because he's trying to make his way without his lost partner, depressed and angry that he's not...
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