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The whole durn human comedy : life according to the Coen Brothers / Joseph McBride.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McBride, Joseph, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures.
- Coen, Ethan--Criticism and interpretation.
- Coen, Ethan.
- Coen, Joel--Criticism and interpretation.
- Coen, Joel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (95 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; New York, New York : Anthem Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- A groundbreaking, incisive critical study of the Coen Bros., the quirky team of filmmaking brothers who delight in unsettling cinematic conventions and confounding audiences while raising disturbing questions about human nature.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Praise Page
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- A Note to the Reader
- Introduction: The Taciturn Two
- Chapter 1 Heartless Cynics?
- Chapter 2 "The Pleasure of Mixing Things Around"
- Chapter 3 Caricature and Empathy
- Chapter 4 A Grand Design
- Chapter 5 Skewed Perspectives
- Chapter 6 "In the Beginning There Was Fear"
- Chapter 7 "This Cockeyed Caravan"
- Chapter 8 "Magic * Mirth * Mystery" in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Filmography
- Selected Sources on the Coen Brothers
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-83998-332-9
- 1-83998-333-7
- OCLC:
- 1303088147
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