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Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman. The growing folk scene of ’60s Greenwich Village serves as the backdrop for the struggle of a starving artist. A young guitarist dedicated to authentic folk music spends a week trying to make it big in NYC and Chicago while struggling with the possibility that his talent might amount to nothing. Includes audio commentary with authors Robert Christgau, David Hajdu and Sean Wilentz, conversation between the directors and director Guillermo del Toro, two documentaries about the movie and its musical influences, conversation between the Coens and music producer T Bone Burnett, piece by music historian Elijah Wald on Greenwich Village’s history, short film about 1961 clash between folk musicians and police, trailers and essay by critic Kent Jones. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. 2013/color/104 min/R/widescreen.