"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:
- 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!
The book combines critical text--biography, close film analysis, and
enlightening interviews with key Coen collaborators--with a visual
aesthetic that honors the Coens' singular mix of darkness and levity.
Featuring film stills, beautiful and evocative illustrations, punchy
infographics, and hard insight, this book will be the definitive
exploration of the Coen brothers' oeuvre.
