At the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, Joel Coen won the award for best director.
But despite all this acclaim, its still an underappreciated gem.
The film’s monochromatic cinematography and meticulous storytelling pay homage to classic film noir.
The Man Who Wasn’t There is directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and stars Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane, a small-town barber in 1949 California. The film follows Crane’s involvement in a blackmail scheme that spirals out of control, drawing him into a complex web of deceit and moral ambiguity. The film’s monochromatic cinematography and meticulous storytelling pay homage to classic film noir.
