The Brothers Coen
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The Brothers Coen

Unique Characters of Violence

  1. 228 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Brothers Coen

Unique Characters of Violence

About this book

This examination of the distinctive cinema of Joel and Ethan Coen explores the theme of violence in their wide-ranging body of work. The Brothers Coen: Unique Characters of Violence spans the career of the two-time Oscar-winning producer/director team, exploring the theme of violence that runs through a genre-spanning body of work, from the neo-noir of Blood Simple to the brutal comedy Burn After Reading (2008). In chapters focusing on major characters, Ryan Doom looks at the chaotic cinematic universe of the Coens, where violent acts inevitably have devastating, unintended consequences. The remarkable gallery of Coen characters are all here: hardboiled gangster Tom Regan from Miller's Crossing (1990), overmatched amateur kidnapper Jerry Lundergaard from Fargo (1996), accidental private eye "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski (1998), psychopathic assassin-for-hire Anton Chigurh from the 2007 Academy Award winner No Country for Old Men, and more.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780313355981
eBook ISBN
9780313355998

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Series Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Violently Original
  8. 1 Murder Most Simple: Blood Simple (1985)
  9. 2 Babies, Bikers, and Buffoons: Raising Arizona (1987)
  10. 3 The Professional Kill: Miller’s Crossing (1990)
  11. 4 Life of the Imaginary Mind: Barton Fink (1991)
  12. 5 Reinventing the Circle of Suicide: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
  13. 6 What’s the Deal with Greed and Wood Chippers?: Fargo (1996)
  14. 7 Abiding by Chandler: The Big Lebowski (1998)
  15. 8 Three Convicts and the KKK: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
  16. 9 Cutting Cain’s Law: The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
  17. 10 Cruel Intentions: Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
  18. 11 The Killing Joke: The Ladykillers (2004)
  19. 12 The Unrelenting Country: No Country for Old Men (2007)
  20. 13 Burning Paranoia: Burn After Reading (2008)
  21. Notes
  22. Filmography
  23. Academy Awards and Nominations
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index