| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 216 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Directors' cuts |
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Directors' cuts.
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| Bibliography |
Includes filmography (201-203), bibliographical references (pages 204-209), and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR platform, viewed November 7, 2016). |
| Summary |
"The films of the Coen brothers have become a contemporary cultural phenomenon. Highly acclaimed and commercially successful, over the years their movies have attracted increasingly larger audiences and spawned a subculture of dedicated fans. Shunning fame and celebrity, Ethan and Joel Coen remain maverick filmmakers, producing and directing independent films outside the Hollywood mainstream in a unique style combining classic genres like film noir with black comedy to tell off-beat stories about America and the American Dream. This study surveys Oscar-winning films, such as "Fargo" (1996) and "No Country for Old Men" (2007), as well as cult favourites, including "O Brother, Where Art Thou? "(2000) and "The Big Lebowski" (1998). Beginning with "Blood Simple" (1984), it examines major themes and generic constructs and offers diverse approaches to the Coens' enigmatic films. Pointing to the pulp fiction of Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Raymond Chandler, the study appreciates the postmodern aesthetics of the Coens' intertextual creativity."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Blood Simple: 'It's the Same Old Song' -- Raising Arizona: A State of Mind -- Miller's Crossing: 'A Handsome Movie about Men in Hats' -- Barton Fink: 'For the Common Man' -- The Hudsucker Proxy: A Comedy of Reinvention -- Fargo: In the Land of Tall Tales -- The Big Lebowski: 'The Dude Abides' -- O Brother Where Art Thou?: The Hayseed Epic -- The Man Who Wasn't There: Recreating Classic Film Noir -- No Country for Old Men: Darkness in the New West -- A Serious Man: Parable and Paradox -- Conclusion: The Ends of the Auteur: Drawing Conclusions About Coen Brothers Movies. |
| Subject |
Coen, Joel -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Coen, Ethan -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Coen, Ethan. (OCoLC)fst00226875
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Coen, Joel. (OCoLC)fst00230929
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors. (OCoLC)fst01027225
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Title |
Coen brothers |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Adams, Jeffrey Todd. Cinema of the Coen brothers. London : Wallflower Press, [2015] 9780231174619 (OCoLC)920408636 |
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Print version: Adams, Jeffrey Todd. Cinema of the Coen brothers. New York : Columbia University Press, [2015] 9780231174619 9780231174602 (OCoLC)900031651 |
| ISBN |
9780231850810 (electronic bk.) |
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0231850816 (electronic bk.) |
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