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In the Coen Brothers' New Film, the Dark, Utopian Music of the American South

By MARTIN HARRIES

The subject of the Coen brothers' movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? is authenticity and what a tricky thing authenticity is. So it is no surprise that the filmmakers give their audience a somewhat misleading set of authentication papers. The film, directed by Joel Coen and written by Ethan, announces its debts to certain...

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