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The Coen brothers : this book really ties the films together / by Adam Nayman.

Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.C6635 N39 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nayman, Adam, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Coen, Ethan--Criticism and interpretation.
Coen, Ethan.
Coen, Joel--Criticism and interpretation.
Coen, Joel.
Motion pictures--Production and direction.
Motion pictures.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Criticism and interpretation.
United States.
Local Subjects:
Motion picture producers and directors.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:
307 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Abrams, [2018]
Summary:
"From such cult hits as Raising Arizona (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998) to major critical darlings Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. In The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together, film critic Adam Nayman carefully sifts through their complex cinematic universe in an effort to plot, as he puts it, "some Grand Unified Theory of Coen-ness." The book combines critical text--biography, close film analysis, and enlightening interviews with key Coen collaborators--with a visual aesthetic that honors the Coens' singular mix of darkness and levity. Featuring film stills, beautiful and evocative illustrations, punchy infographics, and hard insight, this book will be the definitive exploration of the Coen brothers' oeuvre."--Amazon.
Contents:
An introduction
Out of nowhere
Blood simple
Raising Arizona
Miller's crossing
Interview : Michael Miller
Barton Fink
Hits and misses
The hudsucker proxy
Fargo
Interview : The Zellner Brothers
The Big Lebowski
Interview : Lisa Walker
Can't stop what's coming
O brother, where are thou?
The man who wasn't there
Interview : Carter Burwell
Intolerable cruelty
The ladykillers
Mysterious ways
No country for old men
Interview : Roger Deakins
Tuillries & world cinema
Burn after reading
A serious man
Interview : J. Todd Anderson
That's entertainment!
True grit
Interview : Mary Zophres
Inside Llewyn Davis
Hail, Caesar!
Interview : Jess Gonchor
An outroduction.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
1419727400
9781419727405
OCLC:
1024110494

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