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"Life can still continue" is not the type of ending Coen brothers' films will let audiences take away with, and there are always surprising tweaks of story development, so did "True Grit", even as a re-make, 40 years apart. Consider this is the first re-make by Coen's.

The re-make presents a paradox explicitly displayed, inherent with power of black humor. Audiences are caught into all possible disturbances, to carry with them after the end of the film – a Coen Brothers' trade mark.

Unlike most of the re-makes, the difference does not lie in the advance of technology but different styles. We can appreciate fairly two makings primarily on the ground of craftsmanship – this is the most extreme fun of seeing movies to watch the same story line presented by two distinguished (groups of) great artists. Won't get bored.

If there is a remake for DVD, could the last ten minutes be redone? Inspector Acheson should not be so stupid to un-notice Frank who can escape from the captive, without reasoning he could be just the possibly hunted?

Predictable plots make one of the greatest directors in the world deliver a just about average film, though the film has been beautifully taken in a beautiful location, Venice.

Try not to be picky as this is a film featuring the most dominant characters in Hollywood today. To brush up my memory about stardom and directorship, seeing this gives myself a very good excuse to check out again 'Don't Look Now' by Nicolas Roeg, shot also at Venice and 'Thomas Crown Affair' by John McTiernan or Norman Jewison, shot at not as beautiful NYC with cops not as foolish and plots a little less predictable, if DVD are accessible.

It's always fun watching Rohmer's heroes and heroins develop their characters in a 90-min of story-telling.

The aviator Christian shows up talking for 5 minutes in the beginning, and then he turns to just a subject that we all audience, including François, have to know him from how Anne will describe him and how Lucie will envision him.

The audience can only see aviator's wife once from a photo Anne posses, but till we see it, including François, we learn all of our assumption made from Lucie's smart guessing will need to be re-assumed otherwise.

The last five minutes of the movie indicates François will get himself to be going after Lucie, for he is made believe Lucie may not seem as straightforward as he felt. His role somehow imitates to Christian now.

So much fun with so minimal resources of moving making. Solute Eric.