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The brothers Grim : the films of Ethan and Joel Coen
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The brothers Grim : the films of Ethan and Joel Coen

Author: Erica Rowell
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In 1984 Joel and Ethan Coen burst onto the art-house film scene with their neo-noir Blood Simple and ever since then they have sharpened the cutting edge of independent film. Blending black humor and violence with unconventional narrative twists, their acclaimed movies evoke highly charged worlds of passion, absurdity, nightmare realms, and petty human failures, all the while revealing the filmmakers' penchant for  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Rowell, Erica, 1965-
Brothers Grim.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007
(OCoLC)647663067
Named Person: Joel Coen; Ethan Coen; Ethan Coen; Joel Coen; Ethan Coen; Joel Coen; Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Erica Rowell
ISBN: 9780810858503 0810858509
OCLC Number: 76898067
Description: xi, 379 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Blood simple : a photo --
Raising Arizona : a baby --
Miller's crossing : a hat --
Barton fink : a head --
The hudsucker proxy : a circle --
Fargo : snow --
The big Lebowski : a bowling ball --
O brother, where art thou? : a song --
The man who wasn't there : a flying saucer --
Intolerable cruelty and the ladykillers : spoils of Oh brother, where art thou?
Responsibility: Erica Rowell.
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...well written and engaging. American Reference Books Annual, March 2008 Rowell (a journalist and film producer) titles each chapter examining a film from the prolific duo Joel and Ethan Coen (known Read more...

 
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