The Coen Brothers : : This Book Really Ties the Films Together

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Call Number: 791.43 Co, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Film & TV / Coen Brothers
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	791.43 Co	4-week checkout	On Shelf
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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.
"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.

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For true fans submitted by pk on July 13, 2019, 5:33pm I love the Coen brothers' movies. But I haven't seen them all. This book is somewhat interesting but might be even more interesting to those who are super fans and have seen all of them. Multiple times. The author draws a lot of parallels between various characters in different movies. He also relates the characters and plot points not only to other movies, but to what's going on in the Coen brothers' lives. Specific dialog is quoted! Be aware that this is a giant coffee table book and is not easy to hold - you want to put it on a table to look at it.