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The Brothers Coen : unique characters of violence / Ryan P. Doom.

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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).

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Doom, Ryan P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2009.
Series:Modern filmmakers.
Subjects:
Coen, Joel > Criticism and interpretation.
Coen, Ethan > Criticism and interpretation.
Coen, Ethan.
Coen, Joel.
Violence in motion pictures.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: violently original
  • Murder most simple: Blood simple (1985)
  • Babies, bikers, and buffoons: Raising Arizona (1987)
  • The professional kill: Miller's crossing (1990)
  • Life of the imaginary mind: Barton Fink (1991)
  • Reinventing the circle of suicide: The Hudsucker proxy (1994)
  • What's the deal with greed and wood chippers?: Fargo (1996)
  • Abiding by Chandler: The big Lebowski (1998)
  • Three convicts and the KKK: O brother, where art thou? (2000)
  • Cutting Cain's law: The man who wasn't there (2001)
  • Cruel intentions: Intolerable cruelty (2003)
  • The killing joke: The ladykillers (2004)
  • The unrelenting country: No country for old men (2007)
  • Burning paranoia: Burn after reading (2008).

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