The cinema of the Coen brothers [electronic resource] : hard-boiled entertainments / Jeffrey Adams.
"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 m...
Uniform Title: | Directors' cuts.
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2015]
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Series: | Directors' cuts.
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Variant Title: |
The Cinema of the Coen Brothers : Hard-Boiled Entertainments |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
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 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. |
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Note: | "A Wallflower Press book." |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index. |
ISBN: | 9780231850810 (online) |