“Fans . . . will appreciate this oversized guide to their offbeat oeuvre.” ―Newsday
“A great gift for any Coen fan-boy or fan-girl in your life.” ―NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour
“Filled with glossy, well-chosen pictures as well as thoughtful, eloquent analysis.” ―Filmmaker
Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. They have given movie fans classics of all types—comedy, history, drama, romance. Their movies have a distinctive style and point of view: hilarious, sad, thoughtful, musical, sometimes all at once. When someone says a movie is Coen Brothers–like, every serious movie lover knows exactly what they mean.
In The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together, film critic Adam Nayman carefully sifts through their complex cinematic universe in an effort to plot, as he puts it, “some Grand Unified Theory of Coen-ness.” He covers all their popular, award-winning, and unforgettable creations:
“A great gift for any Coen fan-boy or fan-girl in your life.” ―NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour
“Filled with glossy, well-chosen pictures as well as thoughtful, eloquent analysis.” ―Filmmaker
Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. They have given movie fans classics of all types—comedy, history, drama, romance. Their movies have a distinctive style and point of view: hilarious, sad, thoughtful, musical, sometimes all at once. When someone says a movie is Coen Brothers–like, every serious movie lover knows exactly what they mean.
In The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together, film critic Adam Nayman carefully sifts through their complex cinematic universe in an effort to plot, as he puts it, “some Grand Unified Theory of Coen-ness.” He covers all their popular, award-winning, and unforgettable creations:
- The Big Lebowski
- Raising Arizona
- Fargo
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- O Brother, Where Art Thou
- Barton Fink
- Miller’s Crossing
- Blood Simple
- The Hudsucker Proxy
- And more!
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781419727405
Media Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Abrams
Publication Date: 09-11-2018
Pages: 320
Product Dimensions: 10.00(w) x 12.10(h) x 1.10(d)
About the Author
Adam Nayman is the author of The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together and is a contributing editor to Cinema Scope. Little White Lies is one of the world’s preeminent film magazines, pairing a unique editorial angle with beautiful illustration and world-class design.