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1 Online-Ressource (vii, 296 pages)
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
081312526X
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0813134455
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081317323X
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0813138698
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128293743X
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9780813125268
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9780813134451
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9780813173238
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9780813138695
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9781282937437
Series Statement:
The philosophy of popular culture
Content:
Many critics agree that Joel and Ethan Coen are one of the most visionary and idiosyncratic filmmaking teams of the last three decades. Combining thoughtful eccentricity, wry humor, irony, and often brutal violence, the Coen brothers have crafted a style of filmmaking that pays tribute to classic American movie genres yet maintains a distinctly postmodern feel. Since arriving on the film scene, the Coens have amassed an impressive body of work that has garnered them critical acclaim and a devoted cult following. From Raising Arizona and Fargo to O Brother, Where Art Thou? and No Country for Ol
Content:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part -- 1: The Coen Brand of Comedy and Tragedy; Part -- 2: Ethics: Shame, Justice, and Virtue; Part -- 3: Postmodernity, Interpretation, and the Construction of History; Part -- 4: Existentialism, Alienation, and Despair; List of Contributors; Index
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Raising Arizona as an American comedy
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The human comedy perpetuates itself : nihilism and comedy in Coen neo-noir
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Philosophies of comedy in O brother, where art thou?
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No country for old men : the Coens' tragic western
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Deceit, desire, and dark comedy : postmodern dead ends in Blood simple
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"And it's such a beautiful day!" : shame and Fargo
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Justice, power, and love : the political philosophy of Intolerable cruelty
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Ethics, heart, and violence in Miller's Crossing
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"Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners" : laziness as a virtue in The big Lebowski
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No country for old men as moral philosophy
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Heidegger and the problem of interpretation in Barton Fink
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The past is now : history and The Hudsucker proxy
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"A homespun murder story" : film noir and the problem of modernity in Fargo
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"What kind of man are you?" : the Coen brothers and existentialist role playing
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Being the barber : Kierkegaardian despair in The man who wasn't there
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Thinking beyond the failed community : Blood simple and The man who wasn't there
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813125268
Additional Edition:
ISBN 081312526X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813134451
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0813134455
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Philosophy of the Coen brothers Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009
Language:
English
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Author information:
Conard, Mark T. 1965-
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