The philosophy of the Coen brothers / edited by Mark T. Conard

• Raising Arizona as an American comedy / Richard Gilmore -- The human comedy perpetuates itself : nihilism and comedy in Coen neo-noir / Thomas S. Hibbs -- Philosophies of comedy in O brother, where art thou? / Douglas McFarland -- No country for old men : the Coens' tragic western / Richard Gilmore -- Deceit, desire, and dark comedy : postmodern dead ends in Blood simple / Alan Woolfolk -- "And it's such a beautiful day!" : shame and Fargo / Rebecca Hanrahan and David Stearns -- Justice, power, and love : the political philosophy of Intolerable cruelty / Shai Biderman and William J. Devlin -- Ethics, heart, and violence in Miller's Crossing / Bradley L. Herling -- "Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners" : laziness as a virtue in The big Lebowski / Matthew K. Douglass and Jerry L. Walls -- No country for old men as moral philosophy / Douglas McFarland -- Heidegger and the problem of interpretation in Barton Fink / Mark T. Conard -- The past is now : history and The Hudsucker proxy / Paul Coughlin -- "A homespun murder story" : film noir and the problem of modernity in Fargo / Jerold J. Abrams -- "What kind of man are you?" : the Coen brothers and existentialist role playing / Richard Gaughran -- Being the barber : Kierkegaardian despair in The man who wasn't there / Karen D. Hoffman -- Thinking beyond the failed community : Blood simple and The man who wasn't there / R. Barton Palmer.

Ämnesord

Motion picture plays, American  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Motion pictures  -- United States -- History. (LCSH)

Personnamn

Coen, Joel -- Criticism and interpretation.

Coen, Ethan -- Criticism and interpretation.

Klassifikation

PN1998.3.C6635 (LCC)

791.4302/330922 (DDC)

Ikz Coen, Joel (kssb/8)

Ikz Coen, Ethan (kssb/6)