Joel and Ethan Coen
Item Number
PN1998.3.C6635P35
Author/Artist/Editor
R. Barton Palmer
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
2004
Press/Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Language
English
Description
With landmark films such as Fargo, O Brother Where art Thou?, Blood Simple, and Raising Arizona, 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 transtextural references. In Joel and