Cinema of the Coen Brothers

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AvJeffrey Adams

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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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. 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-07-14
Mått:155 x 231 x 15 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Directors' Cuts
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Columbia University Press
ISBN:9780231174619

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Jeffrey Adams is associate professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He is the editor of Morike's Muses: Critical Essays on Eduard Morike and Mimetic Desire: Narcissism in German Literature from Romanticism to Postmodernism.

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A thorough examination... Recommended. Choice

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Blood Simple: 'It's the Same Old Song' 2. Raising Arizona: A State of Mind 3. Miller's Crossing: 'A Handsome Movie about Men in Hats' 4. Barton Fink: 'For the Common Man' 5. The Hudsucker Proxy: A Comedy of Reinvention 6. Fargo: In the Land of Tall Tales 7. The Big Lebowski: 'The Dude Abides' 8. O Brother, Where Art Thou?: The Hayseed Epic 9. The Man Who Wasn't There: Recreating Classic Film Noir 10. No Country for Old Men: Darkness in the New West 11. A Serious Man Conclusion: The Ends of the Auteur: Drawing Conclusions About Coen Brothers Movies Filmography Bibliography Index

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