Author:
Adams, Jeffrey Todd.
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, c2015.
Descriptionvii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:"A Wallflower Press book."
Note: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
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
Note:"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
