Editing Coen brothers (section)

=== Early life ===
Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957) were born and raised in [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota]], a suburb of [[Minneapolis]].{{sfn|King|2014|p=41}} Their mother, Rena ([[née]] Neumann; 1925–2001), was an [[art history|art historian]] at [[St. Cloud State University]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF6EC4AB2DCD543&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|title=Rena Neumann Coen, 76, Was Art Historian, Filmmakers' Mother |newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|page=B6 local | date=October 23, 2001| url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181005194913/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF6EC4AB2DCD543&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |archive-date = October 5, 2018 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> and their father, Edward Coen (1919–2012), was a professor of economics at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Stanford E. |last=Lehmberg |title=The University of Minnesota, 1945–2000 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]] |year=2001 |isbn= 9780816632558|page=[https://archive.org/details/universityofminn00stan/page/27 27] |url=https://archive.org/details/universityofminn00stan |url-access=registration }}</ref> The brothers have an older sister, Deborah, who is a psychiatrist in Israel.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/hail-caesar/coen-brothers-interview/ |title = The Coen Brothers: 'We get you invested, then shake the floor' |website = [[The Daily Telegraph]] |date = February 26, 2016 |access-date = January 19, 2020|last = Collin |first = Robbie}}</ref><ref name="RSHandelman">{{cite news|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/joel-ethan-coen-the-brothers-from-another-planet-100526/ |title = Joel & Ethan Coen: The Brothers From Another Planet |magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] |date = May 21, 1987 |access-date = January 19, 2020|last = Handelman |first = David}}</ref>

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|quote=In regards to whether our background influences our film making ... who knows? We don't think about it ... There's no doubt that our Jewish heritage affects how we see things.
|source=—Joel Coen<ref name=Haaretz>{{Cite news|title=Coen Brothers: Boycotting Israel Is a Mistake|language=en|work=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2011-05-15/ty-article/coen-brothers-boycotting-israel-is-a-mistake/0000017f-e33d-d75c-a7ff-ffbd89780000|date=May 15, 2011|access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref>
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Both sides of the Coen family were Eastern European [[Ashkenazi Jews]].<ref name="Telegraph" /> Their paternal grandfather, Victor Coen, was a [[barrister]] in the [[Inns of Court]] in London before retiring to [[Hove]] with their grandmother.<ref name="Guardian2004">{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jun/15/features.coenbrothers |title = My father lived in Croydon  |website = [[The Guardian]] |date = June 15, 2004|access-date = January 19, 2020|last = Bradshaw |first = Peter}}</ref> Edward Coen was an American citizen born in the United States,<ref name="Guardian2004" /> but grew up in [[Croydon]], London and studied at the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name="Telegraph"/> Afterwards he moved to the United States, where he met the Coens' mother, and served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="Telegraph"/><ref name="Guardian2004"/>

The Coens developed an early interest in cinema through television. They grew up watching Italian films (ranging from the works of [[Federico Fellini]] to the ''[[The Sons of Hercules|Sons of Hercules]]'' films) aired on a Minneapolis station, the [[Tarzan in film and other non-print media|Tarzan films]], and comedies ([[Jerry Lewis]], [[Bob Hope]] and [[Doris Day]]).{{sfn|Levine|Fagan|2000|p=5}}

In the mid-1960s, Joel saved money from mowing lawns to buy a [[Vivitar]] [[Super 8 mm film|Super 8]] camera.{{sfn|King|2014|p=42}} Together, the brothers remade movies they saw on television, with their neighborhood friend Mark Zimering ("Zeimers") as the star.<ref name=Boy>{{cite web|last1= Brodesser-Akner|first1=Claude|title=From Their Childhood Friend, How to Better Know a Coen Brother|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/02/from_their_childhood_friend_ho.html|website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=February 23, 2011 |access-date=September 4, 2019}}</ref> [[Cornel Wilde]]'s ''[[The Naked Prey]]'' (1965) became their ''Zeimers in Zambezi'', which featured Ethan as a native with a spear. ''[[Lassie Come Home]]'' (1943) was reinterpreted as their ''Ed... A Dog'', with Ethan playing the mother role in his sister's [[Tutu (clothing)|tutu]]. They also made original films like ''Henry Kissinger, Man on the Go'', ''Lumberjacks of the North'' and ''The Banana Film''.{{sfn|Levine|Fagan|2000|p=6}}