The Cinema of the Coen Brothers
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The Cinema of the Coen Brothers

Hard-Boiled Entertainments

Jeffrey Adams

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The Cinema of the Coen Brothers

Hard-Boiled Entertainments

Jeffrey Adams

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About This Book

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.

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Publisher
WallFlower Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780231850810
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film History & Criticism

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    Citation styles for The Cinema of the Coen Brothers

    APA 6 Citation

    Adams, J. (2015). The Cinema of the Coen Brothers ([edition missing]). Columbia University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/774323/the-cinema-of-the-coen-brothers-pdf (Original work published 2015)

    Chicago Citation

    Adams, Jeffrey. (2015) 2015. The Cinema of the Coen Brothers. [Edition missing]. Columbia University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/774323/the-cinema-of-the-coen-brothers-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Adams, J. (2015) The Cinema of the Coen Brothers. [edition missing]. Columbia University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/774323/the-cinema-of-the-coen-brothers-pdf (Accessed: 26 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Adams, Jeffrey. The Cinema of the Coen Brothers. [edition missing]. Columbia University Press, 2015. Web. 26 Sept. 2021.