Title: The Brothers Coen
Description: "The Brothers Coen: Unique Characters of Violence spans the career of the two-time Oscar-winning producer/director team, exploring the theme of violence that runs through a genre-spanning body of work, from the neo-noir of Blood Simple to the brutal comedy Burn After Reading. In chapters focusing on major characters, author Ryan Doom looks at the chaotic cinematic universe of the Coens, where violent acts inevitably have devastating, unintended consequences." "The remarkable gallery of those Coen characters is all here: hard-boiled gangster Tom Reagan from Miller's Crossing, overmatched amateur kidnapper Jerry Lundegaard from Fargo, accidental private eye "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski, psychopathic assassin-for-hire Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men, and more." "In examining a body of work that includes thrillers, mysteries, film noir, gangster movies, and westerns, The Brothers Coen offers film lovers a fresh take on the working relationship of the Coen brothers - and a new understanding of the rogues gallery they bring to the screen."--Jacket.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Violence in motion pictures, Film criticism, Motion pictures, united states
People: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen