{"product_id":"joel-and-ethan-coen-paperback-softback-9780252071850","title":"Joel and Ethan Coen (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252071850","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJoel and Ethan Coen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. Barton Palmer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252071850\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 8 black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is as yet only one book length analysis of any note [about the Coen Brothers] by a film scholar: R. Barton Palrmer's \u003ci\u003eJoel and Ethan Coen\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). . . . This is a book for those who have already made the acquaintance of the Coens through their films and are now ready to think about their work seriously.\"--\u003ci\u003eFilm International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWith landmark films such as \u003ci\u003eFargo, O Brother Where art Thou?, Blood Simple,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRaising Arizona,\u003c\/i\u003e the Coen brothers have achieved both critical and commercial success. Proving the existence of a viable market for \"small\" films that are also intellectually rewarding, their work has exploded generic conventions amid rich webs of transtextual references. \u003cp\u003eR. Barton Palmer argues that the Coen oeuvre forms a central element in what might be called postmodernist filmmaking. Mixing high and low cultural sources and blurring genres like noir and comedy, the use of pastiche and anti-realist elements in films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Hudsucker Proxy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBarton Fink\u003c\/i\u003e clearly fit the postmodernist paradigm. Palmer argues that for a full understanding of the Coen brothers' unique position within film culture, it is important to see how they have developed a new type of text within general postmodernist practice that Palmer terms commercial\/independent. Analyzing their substantial body of work from this \"generic\" framework is the central focus of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cpre\u003e Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: A Brief Portrait of the Artists 1. A Different Meaning for the Same Old Song: Blood Simple 2. The Coen Brothers: Postmodern Filmmakers 3. Uncertainty Principle: The Man Who Wasn't There 4. The Exotic Everyday: Fargo 5. The Artist, Mass Culture, and the Common Man: Barton Fink and Raising Arizona 6. Classic Hollywood Redivivus: The Hudsucker Proxy and O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers Interviewed Michael Ciment and Hubert Niogret Filmography Suggestions for Further Reading Index \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibrary of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Coen, Joel Criticism and interpretation, Coen, Ethan Criticism and interpretation\u003c\/pre\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523558502680,"sku":"9780252071850","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/joel-and-ethan-coen-paperback-softback-9780252071850","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}