Words can't describe the ingenious lunacy of Raising Arizona. This has the Coen Brothers personality all over the film. Nothing is off limits and everything can be laughed at.
The story of Raising Arizona is about an ex con, H.I. (Nicolas Cage) who falls in love with a prison guard, Ed (Holly Hunter). They create a nice little life for themselves in Arizona. H.I. tries to became a decent upstanding citizen of society.
Problem is, they want to start having a family, but unfortunately Ed is barren. So what they decide to do is steal a local businessman's baby. He and his wife just gave birth to seven kids, so they figured they had more than enough babies to go around.
Arizona is the perfect backdrop for the film. The desert, apocalyptic setting just fits perfectly with the dark, yet irreverent humor of the film.
The scene above is just insane!! I have no idea how long that took to shoot, but its amazing. First off all, its hilarious. Its so blatantly over the top that it looks like a road runner cartoon. But just look at how it was shot. From a pure camera-editing perspective I don't think I've seen anything quite like that before or since.
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They have 5 kids. And Ed is a mug shot taker, not a prison guard.
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