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The Coen brothers show their true grit

By Steven Zeitchikwriter 
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It’s been a season for eye-catching, ominous-seeming teasers. ‘Black Swan’ has its melodramatic scares. ‘The Social Network’ gave us campus conniving set to the tune of Radiohead. And now the kings of the dark side of the human soul, the Coen brothers, save some of the creepiest for last with this new teaser for their ‘True Grit’ remake.

Wild beards, John Ford-style photography, spooky voice-overs and music, intimidating stares from Josh Brolin and Jeff Bridges, a ‘retribution’ tag line ... and is that Paul Giamatti dressed up as the dead man? It’s ‘No Country for Old Men’ re-imagined in the Old West (or maybe just a more Coen brothers-y ‘All the Pretty Horses’). December and the Oscar race just got more interesting.

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-- Steven Zeitchik

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Steven Zeitchik

Steven Zeitchik is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer who covered film and the larger world of Hollywood for the paper from 2009 to 2017, exploring the personalities, issues, content and consequences of both the creative and business (and, increasingly, digital) aspects of our screen entertainment. He previously covered entertainment beats at Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, has contributed arts and culture pieces to the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times and has done journalistic tours of duty in Jerusalem and Berlin. While at The Times he has also reported stories in cities ranging from Cairo to Krakow, though Hollywood can still seem like the most exotic destination of all.

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