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 Ethan Coen, R. Barton Palmer argues that the Coen o