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BARTON FINK : (US, Joel Cohen, 1991)
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The Coen brothers : this book really ties the films together / by Adam Nayman New York: Abrams Books, 2018.
Call No: 81 COE NAYAuthor: Nayman, Adam Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Abrams BooksPubDate: 2018PhysDes: 320 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cmSubject: COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984) ; RAISING ARIZONA (US, Joel Coen, 1987) ; MILLER'S CROSSING (US, Joel Cohen, 1990) ; BARTON FINK (US, Joel Cohen, 1991) ; HUDSUCKER PROXY, THE (US, Joel Coen, 1994) ; FARGO (US, Ethan Coen, 1996) ; BIG LEBOWSKI, THE (US, Joel Coen, 1998) ; O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (US, Joel Coen, 2000) ; MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, THE (US, Joel Coen, 2001) ; INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (US, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2003) ; LADYKILLERS, THE (US, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2004) ; NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (US, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, 2007) ; BURN AFTER READING (US/UK/FR, Ethan Coen/Joel Coen, 2008) ; SERIOUS MAN, A (US/UK/FR, Ehan Coen, Joel Coen, 2009) ; TRUE GRIT (US, Coen Brothers, 2010) ; HAIL, CAESAR! (UK/US, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, 2016) Summary: "From such cult hits as Raising Arizona (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998) to major critical darlings Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. In The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together, film critic Adam Nayman carefully sifts through their complex cinematic universe in an effort to plot, as he puts it, “some Grand Unified Theory of Coen-ness.” The book combines critical text—biography, close film analysis, and enlightening interviews with key Coen collaborators—with a visual aesthetic that honors the Coens’ singular mix of darkness and levity. Featuring film stills, beautiful and evocative illustrations, punchy infographics, and hard insight, this book will be the definitive exploration of the Coen brothers’ oeuvre." - taken from publisher's website.Notes: Includes bibliographical references.ISBN: 9781419727405Contents: An introduction -- Out of nowhere -- Blood simple -- Raising Arizona -- Miller's crossing -- Interview: Michael Miller -- Barton Fink -- Hits and misses -- The hudsucker proxy -- Fargo -- Interview: The Zellner Brothers -- The Big Lebowski -- Interview: Lisa Walker -- Can't stop what's coming -- O brother, where are thou? -- The man who wasn't there -- Interview: Carter Burwell -- Intolerable cruelty -- The ladykillers -- Mysterious ways -- No country for old men -- Interview: Roger Deakins -- Tuillries & world cinema -- Burn after reading -- A serious man -- Interview: J. Todd Anderson -- That's entertainment! -- True grit -- Interview: Mary Zophres -- Inside Llewyn Davis -- Hail, Caesar! -- Interview: Jess Gonchor -- An outroduction -- Credits -- Bibliography
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Constructing the Coens : from Blood Simple to Inside Llewyn Davis / by Allen H. Redmon New York : London: Rowman & Littlefield, c2015.
Call No: 81COE REDAuthor: Redmon, Allen H. Source: US/UKPlace: New York : LondonPublisher: Rowman & LittlefieldPubDate: c2015PhysDes: xviii, 173 pages ; 24 cmSubject: CRITICISM ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; LADYKILLERS, THE (US, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2004) ; BARTON FINK (US, Joel Cohen, 1991) ; RAISING ARIZONA (US, Joel Coen, 1987) ; HUDSUCKER PROXY, THE (US, Joel Coen, 1994) ; MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, THE (US, Joel Coen, 2001) ; INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (US, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2003) ; NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (US, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, 2007) ; BIG LEBOWSKI, THE (US, Joel Coen, 1998) ; O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (US, Joel Coen, 2000) ; BURN AFTER READING (US/UK/FR, Ethan Coen/Joel Coen, 2008) ; SERIOUS MAN, A (US/UK/FR, Ehan Coen, Joel Coen, 2009) Summary: "In Constructing the Coens: From Blood Simple to Inside Llewyn Davis, Allen Redmon looks beyond the postmodern sensibilities of every film written and directed by the Coens to find an unexpected range of recurring ideas expressed in and about contemporary film. Redmon tackles all of the films in the Coen brothers’ canon by examining—among other topics—narrative coherence in The Man Who Wasn’t There, intertextuality in No Country for Old Men, and sexuality in Burn after Reading and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Additional chapters examine the films through the prisms of gender studies, adaptation studies, and a constructivist sensibility weaved throughout their work." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-160), filmography (pages 161-163) and indexISBN: 9781442244849Donation: Sense of cinemaContents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- 1: "It's a problem of 'perception'": identifying the Coens' constructivist sensibility -- 2: "You don't want to be tried and found wantin'": triggering the ongoing adaptation of the the Ladykillers -- 3: "I will destroy him": negotiating the image in Barton Fink and Raising Arizona -- 4: "That gag's got whiskers on it": achieving narrative coherence in the Hudsucker proxy and The man who wasn't there -- 5: "The coin don't have no say": examining intertextuality in the Hudsucker proxy, Intolerable cruelty, and No country for old men -- 6: "A lotta ins, a lotta outs": interweaving genres in the Big Lebowski and O brother, where art thou? -- 7: "Appearances can be deceptive" : investigating sexuality in O brother, where art thou?, Intolerable cruelty, and Burn after reading -- 8: "I haven't done anything funny": scrutinizing gender in the Coens' arrangements of a bunch of men around one woman -- 9: "Accept the mystery": resisting final construction of A serious man -- Conclusion -- bibliography -- filmography -- index -- about the author --
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Independent visions : a critical introduction to recent independent American film / Donald Lyons New York: Ballantine, 1994.
Call No: 71(73) LYOAuthor: Lyons, Donald Place: New YorkPublisher: BallantinePubDate: 1994PhysDes: xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 21 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; ALMEREYDA, MICHAEL ; ANDERS, ALLISON ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; DASH, JULIE ; DAVIS, JUDY ; EGOYAN, ATOM ; FERRARA, ABEL ; HARTLEY, HAL ; LEE, SPIKE ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; PHOENIX, RIVER ; SODERBERGH, STEVEN ; Tarantino, Quentin ; VAN SANT, GUS ; ARAKI, GREGG ; BIGELOW, KATHRYN ; DICKERSON, ERNEST R. ; GOMEZ, NICK ; JARMUSCH, JIM ; LEHMANN, MICHAEL ; MORRISSEY, PAUL ; O'BRIEN, JOHN ; COCHRAN, STACY ; COOLIDGE, MARTHA ; DAVIS, TAMRA ; FRANKLIN, CARL ; HARRIS, LESLIE ; LEGROS, JAMES ; LYNCH, DAVID ; MCNAUGHTON, JOHN ; MUNCH, CHRISTOPHER ; THORNTON, BILLY BOB ; RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT ; ROCKWELL, ALEXANDRE ; SINGLETON, JOHN ; SAYLES, JOHN ; SAVOCA, NANCY ; GAS FOOD LODGING (US, Allison Anders, 1992) ; EL MARIACHI (US, Robert Rodriguez, 1992) ; BOYZ N THE HOOD (US, John Singleton, 1991) ; BODIES, REST & MOTION (US, Michael Steinberg, 1993) ; BARTON FINK (US, Joel Cohen, 1991) ; PASSION FISH (US, John Sayles, 1992) ; ONE FALSE MOVE (US, Carl Franklin, 1991) ; MYSTERY TRAIN (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1989) ; MY NEW GUN (US, Stacy Cochran, 1992) ; MS. 45 (US, Abel Ferrara, 1981) ; METROPOLITAN (US, Whit Stillman, 1990) ; MALA NOCHE (US, Gus Van Sant, 1986) ; JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. (US, Leslie Harris, 1992) ; JUICE (US, Ernest R. Dickerson, 1992) ; IN THE SOUP (US, Alexandre Rockwell, 1992) ; HOURS AND TIMES, THE (US, Christopher Munch, 1992) ; HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (US, John McNaughton, 1989[prod. 1985]) ; HEATHERS (US, Michael Lehmann, 1989) ; GUN CRAZY (US, Joseph H.Lewis, 1949) ; LIVING END, THE (US, Gregg Araki, 1992) ; MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (US, Gus Van Sant, 1991) ; NAKED LUNCH (CN/UK, David Cronenberg, 1991) ; BAD LIEUTENANT (US, Abel Ferrara, 1992) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; DRUGSTORE COWBOY (US, Gus Van Sant, 1989) ; RAMBLING ROSE (US, Martha Coolidge, 1991) ; RESERVOIR DOGS (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1992) ; SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1989) ; SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (US, Spike Lee, 1986) ; SIMPLE MEN (US, Hal Hartley, 1992) ; SLACKER (US, Richard Linklater, 1990) ; TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (US, Charles Burnett, 1990) ; TRUE LOVE (US, Nancy Savoca, 1989) ; TRUST (US, Hal Hartley, 1990) ; UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, THE (US, Hal Hartley, 1989) ; VERMONT IS FOR LOVERS (US, John O'Brien, 1992) ; WILD AT HEART (US, David Lynch, 1990) Notes: Includes filmography and indexISBN: 0345382498 (pbk.)LON: 11029535
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Placing movies : the practice of film criticism / Jonathan Rosenbaum Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.
Call No: 67(081) PLAAuthor: Rosenbaum, Jonathan Place: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: ix, 337 p. ; 24 cmSubject: CRITICISM ; GODARD, JEAN-LUC ; BARTHES, ROLAND ; CASSAVETES, JOHN ; TATI, JACQUES ; WELLES, ORSON ; RESNAIS, ALAIN ; RUIZ, RAUL ; ALLEN, WOODY ; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO ; FARBER, MANNY ; TARR, BELA ; RIVETTE, JACQUES ; GERTRUD (DK, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1964) ; OHAYO (JA, Ozu Yasujiro, 1959) ; MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (US, John Frankenheimer, 1962) ; OTHELLO (MR, Orson Welles, 1951) ; MELO (FR, Alain Resnais, 1986) ; HARDLY WORKING (US, Jerry Lewis, 1980) ; AMOR DE PERDICAO (PO, Manoel de Oliveira, 1979) ; BIRD (US, Clint Eastwood, 1988) ; WHITE DOG (US, Samuel Fuller, 1982) ; JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (BE, Chantal Akerman, 1975) ; SPEAKING DIRECTLY: SOME AMERICAN NOTES (US, Jon Jost, 1974) ; RAMEAU'S NEPHEW BY DIDEROT (THANX TO DENNIS YOUNG) BY WILMA SCHOEN (CN, Michael Snow, 1974) ; MOSES UND ARON (GW/FR/IT, Jean-Marie Straub & Daniele Huillet, 1975) ; DEEP COVER (US, Bill Duke, 1992) ; PANAMA DECEPTION, THE (US, Barbara Trent, 1992) ; SAGA OF ANATAHAN, THE (JA, Josef von Sternberg, 1953) ; BARTON FINK (US, Joel Cohen, 1991) ; ATALANTE, L' (FR, Jean Vigo, 1934) ; GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (US, Howard Hawks, 1953) ; KING LEAR (US/SZ, Jean-Luc Godard, 1987) ; RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1981) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and indexISBN: 0520086325 (alk. paper); 0520086333 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 93042954; 10612641ID2: 291
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Postmodernism in the cinema / edited by Cristina Degli-Esposti New York: Berghahn Books, 1998.
Call No: 61 POS DEGAuthor: Degli-Esposti, Christina Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Berghahn BooksPubDate: 1998PhysDes: viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSubject: POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO ; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO. USA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA. JAPAN ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA. POLAND ; POLAND ; TRAVEL IN FILMS ; FRANCE ; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA. AFRICAN COUNTRIES ; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA. FRANCE ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA ; ARABS IN FILMS ; RACIAL STEREOTYPES IN FILMS ; ANIMATION ; YOUNG PEOPLE, FILMS FOR ; ADAPTATIONS. FORSTER, E. M. ; ADAPTATIONS. GENET, JEAN ; AUTEUR THEORY ; DEGLI-ESPOSTI, CHRISTINA ; BARON, CYNTHIA ; KRAIDY, MARWAN ; WEINSTEIN, DAVID ; SHARY, TIMOTHY ; BRUNS, JOHN ; MAULE, ROSANNA ; FALKOWSKA, JANINA ; STRAIN, ELLEN ; BOLUS-REICHERT, CHRISTINE ; LAGA, BARRY ; DEUTELBAUM, MARSHALL ; HOLDEN-MOSES, PHILIP ; WILES, MARY ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; JAMESON, FREDRIC ; ITAMI, JUZO ; FORSTER, E. M. ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; KUROSAWA AKIRA ; GREENAWAY, PETER ; FASSBINDER, RAINER WERNER ; PLAYER, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1992) ; ALADDIN (US, John Musker & Ron Clements, 1992) ; SIMPSONS, THE [TV] (US, 1989-) ; BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (US, Stephen Herek, 1989) ; WAYNE'S WORLD (US, Penelope Spheeris, 1992) ; SINGLES (US, Cameron Crowe, 1992) ; REALITY BITES (US, Ben Stiller, 1994) ; TAMPOPO (JA, Juzo Itami, 1986) ; A NOS AMOURS (FR, Maurice Pialat, 1983) ; MESSA E FINITA, LA (IT, Nanni Moretti, 1985) ; QUE HE HECHO PARA MERECER ESTO!! (SP, Pedro Almodovar, 1984) ; PSY (PL, Wladyslaw Pasikowski, 1993) ; CZLOWIEK Z ... (PL, Konrad Szolajski, 1993) ; WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD (UK, Charles Sturridge, 1991) ; ROOM WITH A VIEW, A (UK, James Ivory, 1986) ; PASSAGE TO INDIA, A (US/UK, David Lean, 1984) ; COUP DE TORCHON (FR, Bertrand Tavernier, 1981) ; VICTOIRE EN CHANTANT, LA (FR/GW, Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1976) ; CHOCOLAT (FR, Claire Denis, 1988) ; BARTON FINK (US, Joel Cohen, 1991) ; DREAMS (US, Akira Kurosawa, 1990) ; DROWNING BY NUMBERS (UK, Peter Greenaway, 1988) ; QUERELLE (GW/FR, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982) Summary: By offering sophisticated and multi-faceted, yet highly accessible discussions on a number of key issues, Postmodernism in the Cinema presents new strategies for reading and understanding postmodernism and opens up the horizons of investigation to address the dynamic relationship between the art of moving images and complex concepts of postmodern theory. Organized according to specific themes such as auteurism, metacinema, national cinema, and the parodic, this anthology includes thirteen essays and examines films including The Player, Aladdin, Singles, Reality Bites, Wayne’s World, Tampopo, A Room with a View, Barton Fink, Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams, Drowning by Numbers, Coup de torchon, Querelle, and more. [Taken from back cover]Notes: Papers from a conference held in 1994 at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.; Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 1571811060Contents: Introduction: Postmodernism(s) Cristina Degli-Esposti -- Chapter 1: The Player's parody of Hollywood: A different kind of suture - Cynthia Baron -- Chapter 2: Intertextual maneuvers around the subaltern: Aladdin as postmodern text - Marwan Kraidy -- Chapter 3: Of Mice and Bart: The Simpsons and the postmodern - David Weinstein -- Chapter 4: Reification and loss in postmodern puberty: The cultural logic of Fredric Jameson and American youth movies - Timothy Shary -- Chapter 5: Refiguring pleasure: Itami and the postmodern Japanese film - John Bruns -- Chapter 6: De-authorizing the auteur: postmodern politics of interpellation in contemporary European cinema - - Rosanna Maule -- Chapter 7: Postmodernist condition in post-socialist eastern European films: the case of a political pastiche and the socialist-hollywood thriller in recent films of Polish filmmakers - Janina Falkowska -- Chapter 8: E.M. Forster's anti-touristic tourism and the sightseeing gaze of cinema - Ellen Strain -- Chapter 9: Imaginary geographies: the colonial subjects in contemporary French cinema - Christine Bolus-Reichert -- Chapter 10: Decapitated spectators: Barton Fink, (Post)history, and cinematic pleasure - Barry Laga -- Chapter 11: Something like an autobiography in Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - Marshall Deutelbaum -- Chapter 12: Not waving but drowning by numbers: Peter Greenaway's cautionary tale - Philip Holden-Moses -- Chapter 13: A double voice: the dual paternity of Querelle - Mary WilesID2: 291
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