There were rumors — and at least one book — about how she translated even his English books for him while at Cornell.
I’m not a fan of the Coen Bros. (with the exception of Hudsucker Proxy).
I’ll say the following with the understanding that my tastes are peculiar when it comes to movies. There are very few movies that I have enjoyed in recent years. I see a lot of directors on the verge of a new visual vocabulary, then they either back off or go down in flame. This would include the guy who did the new Romeo+Juliet, Guy Ritchie, et al. They’ll make what I consider a good innovative movie, then the next one will be a hideous stinker.
I have no beef against Hollywood other than the quality of the movies being made.