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

"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. In chapters focusi...

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Main Author:	Doom, Ryan P.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2009.
Series:	Modern filmmakers. 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)
Subjects:	Coen, Joel > Criticism and interpretation. Coen, Ethan > Criticism and interpretation. Violence in motion pictures.