Adams, Jeffrey Todd, author.
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015];©2015
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Part of the series Directors’ Cuts;Directors’ cuts.
Notes:

• A Wallflower Press book.
• Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
• 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 conlcusions about Coen Brothers movies.
• 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 favorites, 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. — Publisher description.

Subjects:

• Coen, Joel — Criticism and interpretation.
• Coen, Ethan — Criticism and interpretation.
• Motion picture producers and directors — United States.
• Motion pictures — Production and direction — United States.
• Coen, Ethan. fast (OCoLC)fst00226875
• Coen, Joel. fast (OCoLC)fst00230929
• Motion picture producers and directors. fast (OCoLC)fst01027225
• Motion pictures — Production and direction. fast (OCoLC)fst01027357
• United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155
• Coen, Ethan, 1957- (DE-588)120150689 gnd
• Coen, Joel, 1954- (DE-588)120150786 gnd
• Film. (DE-588)4017102-4 gnd
• Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635

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