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"I enjoy looking ridiculous in everyday life, so that was not hard for me to do in a movie," Timberlake said. He added: "It felt warm and fuzzy to me to be in this movie and singing." While that performance is an uproarious parody, the songs performed in the film by Llewyn are intimate and powerful. "Inside Llewyn Davis" is ultimately a story of talents who don't get the big break, and the razor thin line separating failure and fame. "What was interesting to us was the lesser known scene, which was the scene that Dylan came into, as opposed to what Dylan
-- who is such a transformative character both in terms of music and culture, in general
-- how he changed that scene," Joel Coen said. "The music is something that we have a genuine and deep fondness and respect for." He then added: "That's not to say there aren't funny things about folk music. There are plenty of funny things about folk music." (Certainly, Aran sweaters make a cameo.) The Coens have been frequent visitors to Cannes, where they won the prestigious Palme d'Or in 1991 from a jury presided over by Roman Polanski. They're in the hunt again this year, with Steven Spielberg serving as jury president.
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