Coens cast a loving, jaded eye on folk scene

... milieu was the Hollywood motion picture. Llewyn's is folk music, specifically the vivid folk scene of Greenwich Village in the '60s. We find Llewyn (Oscar Isaac) in a self-destructive loop. The film opens with him being punched out by a stranger ...

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