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The Way of Folk
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The Way of Folk

2016-01-19 · 17 min · Not rated

Documentary · Music

In this brand new featurette, executive producer T Bone Burnett and the Coen brothers discuss the history of some of the songs that heard in Inside Llywin Davies and possible origin of the stories they tells, the folk movement during the 1960s and the social and cultural ideas that it represented, the authenticity and the identity of folk music and the balance between the two, the future of folk music, etc. Included with the featurette are illustrations by Drew Christie. The featurette was created exclusively for Criterion in 2015.

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Kogonada
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The Criterion Channel
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United States of America
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T Bone BurnettT Bone BurnettSelf
Ethan CoenEthan CoenSelf
Joel CoenJoel CoenSelf

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