The Coen Brothers, Second EditionSimon and Schuster, 2016 M01 5 - 360 pages Brought completely up to date, this insightful biography remains "a must for any self-respecting Coen fan" (Screentrade). This fully updated edition of the first biography of the Coen Brothers includes their complete work so far, from Blood Simple to Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), with a reassessment of their remarkable career as a whole. Joel and Ethan Coen have pulled off the ultimate balancing act. Despite having their movies financed and distributed by major studios, they have managed to remain true independents, rejecting commercial clichés and never giving up on their own fiercely idiosyncratic vision. While doing so, they have established themselves among the world's leading filmmakers. From their startling debut, Blood Simple (1984), all of their movies reveal a distinctive stamp: a flamboyant visual style, richly conceived characters, crisp dialogue, and brilliant casting. They have revitalized old Hollywood genres such as noir, screwball, and the western, giving them a contemporary sensibility. In this biography, Ronald Bergan traces the brothers' Jewish roots, their beginnings as film geeks in suburban Minneapolis, their battle to get their first feature made and released, through their early features and the movies of their maturity. He gives blow-by-blow accounts of the making of each movie. New chapters cover all those released since O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), with which the first edition of this book ended. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 49
Page
... Hudsucker Proxy). Then it was back to an adaptation/remake with True Grit, nominated for ten Academy Awards, their least personal but most commercial film. Although, as Joel admitted, “Neither of us rides, and I don't think we'd thought ...
... Hudsucker Proxy). Then it was back to an adaptation/remake with True Grit, nominated for ten Academy Awards, their least personal but most commercial film. Although, as Joel admitted, “Neither of us rides, and I don't think we'd thought ...
Page
... Hudsucker Proxy, which I quote with one name substitution. “I wanna know what makes the Coens tick! Where are they from? Where are they going? I wanna know everything about.
... Hudsucker Proxy, which I quote with one name substitution. “I wanna know what makes the Coens tick! Where are they from? Where are they going? I wanna know everything about.
Page
... Hudsucker Proxy, and Joel McCrea, the star of Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels, from which the Coens took the title O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel and Ethan might be considered silly names by some, but they are not nearly as silly ...
... Hudsucker Proxy, and Joel McCrea, the star of Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels, from which the Coens took the title O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel and Ethan might be considered silly names by some, but they are not nearly as silly ...
Page
... Hudsucker Proxy, and big, round men like business tycoon Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning), the detective (M. Emmet Walsh) in Blood Simple, gangster Johnny Casper (Jon Polito) in Miller's Crossing, and John Goodman. In Liberty (1929) ...
... Hudsucker Proxy, and big, round men like business tycoon Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning), the detective (M. Emmet Walsh) in Blood Simple, gangster Johnny Casper (Jon Polito) in Miller's Crossing, and John Goodman. In Liberty (1929) ...
Page
... Hudsucker Proxy.) In fact, they turned down a Warner Bros. offer of millions to direct Batman because the project didn't originate from them, a grand geste that stood out from the pervasive venality of Hollywood. There were also plans ...
... Hudsucker Proxy.) In fact, they turned down a Warner Bros. offer of millions to direct Batman because the project didn't originate from them, a grand geste that stood out from the pervasive venality of Hollywood. There were also plans ...
Contents
The Brothers Geek | |
First Blood | |
Hi Stakes VI Double Crossing | |
Hollywood Nuts | |
Yah Yah | |
Cool Dudes | |
Odd Odyssey | |
James M Coen | |
Intolerable Hollywood Bowel Syndrome | |
Blood Complex | |
A Comedy of Errors | |
A Good | |
CapraCoen | |
Common terms and phrases
actor American Art Thou asked audience baby Bardem Barry Sonnenfeld Barton Fink Big Lebowski Blood Simple Brolin Burn After Reading camera Carter Burwell cast character Chigurh cinema cinematographer Coen brothers Cogburn comedy Costume Design Country For Old Director of Photography dream Dude Ethan Coen Evil Dead Fargo film noir filmmakers Frances McDormand fucking gangster genre George Clooney going Hollywood Hudsucker Proxy Inside Llewyn Davis Intolerable Cruelty Jerry Jewish Jews Joel and Ethan Joel Coen Joel’s John Goodman John Turturro kidnapped kids kill Ladykillers Larry look Marge Mary Zophres Mattie Miller’s Crossing Minneapolis movie murder Nathan Arizona never Norville novel picture played plot Production Designer Raimi Raising Arizona Raymond Chandler remake Roderick Jaynes Roger Deakins role scene screenplay script shooting shot stars Steve Buscemi story storyboard studio tell There’s thing thought True Grit what’s wife