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American independent cinema : a sight and sound reader / edited by Jim Hillier London: British Film Institute, 2001.
Call No: 71(73) AMEAuthor: Hillier, Jim Place: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2001PhysDes: xvii, 283 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: USA ; INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; CASSAVETES, JOHN ; BRAKHAGE, STAN ; WARHOL, ANDY ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ; BLACK FILMMAKERS. US ; DASH, JULIE ; DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (US, Julie Dash, 1991) ; RIGGS, MARLON ; TONGUES UNTIED (US, Marlon Riggs, 1989) ; CROOKLYN (US, Spike Lee, 1994) ; FRIDAY (US, F. Gary Gray, 1995) ; CLOCKERS (US, Spike Lee, 1995) ; LEE, SPIKE ; GIRL SIX (US, Spike Lee, 1996) ; GET ON THE BUS (US, Spike Lee, 1996) ; SLAM (US, Marc Levin, 1998) ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; POISON (US, Todd Haynes, 1991) ; MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (US, Gus Van Sant, 1991) ; VAN SANT, GUS ; SWOON (US, Tom Kalin, 1992) ; GO FISH (US, Rose Troche, 1994) ; TOTALLY F***ED UP (US, Gregg Araki, 1993) ; HAYNES, TODD ; SAFE (US, Todd Haynes, 1995) ; DOOM GENERATION, THE (US, Gregg Araki, 1995) ; PEIRCE, KIMBERLY ; BOYS DON'T CRY (US, Kimberly Peirce, 1999) ; JARMUSCH, JIM ; NIGHT ON EARTH (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1991) ; SLACKER (US, Richard Linklater, 1990) ; SURE FIRE (US, Jon Jost, 1990) ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; BEFORE SUNRISE (US, Richard Linklater, 1995) ; LIVING IN OBLIVION (US, Tom DiCillo, 1995) ; WALKING AND TALKING (US, Nicole Holofcener, 1996) ; HARTLEY, HAL ; HENRY FOOL (US, Hal Hartley, 1997) ; HAPPINESS (US, Todd Solondz, 1998) ; GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1999) ; TIMECODE (US, Mike Figgis, 2000) ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; SHORT CUTS (US, Robert Altman, 1993) ; ANDERSON, PAUL THOMAS ; BOOGIE NIGHTS (US, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997) ; MAGNOLIA (US, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) ; FERRARA, ABEL ; BAD LIEUTENANT (US, Abel Ferrara, 1992) ; BLACKOUT, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1997) ; ADDICTION, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1995) ; FUNERAL, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1996) ; JONZE, SPIKE ; BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (UK/US, Spike Jonze, 1999) ; KORINE, HARMONY ; GUMMO (US, Harmony Korine, 1997) ; JULIEN DONKEY-BOY (US, Harmony Korine, 1999) ; LYNCH, DAVID ; TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (US, David Lynch, 1992) ; LOST HIGHWAY (US, David Lynch, 1996) ; SAYLES, JOHN ; CITY OF HOPE (US, John Sayles, 1991) ; LONE STAR (US, John Sayles, 1996) ; LIMBO (US, John Sayles, 1999) ; HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (US, John McNaughton, 1986) ; ONE FALSE MOVE (US, Carl Franklin, 1991) ; BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, THE (US, Maggie Greenwald, 1993) ; EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES (US, Gus Van Sant, 1993) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; Tarantino, Quentin ; USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (US, Bryan Singer, 1995) ; BOUND (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1996) ; NORMAL LIFE (US, John McNaughton, 1996) ; THIS WORLD, THEN THE FIREWORKS (US, Michael Oblowitz, 1997) ; JACKIE BROWN (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1997) ; BIG LEBOWSKI, THE (US, Joel Coen, 1998) ; OUT OF SIGHT (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1998) ; LIMEY, THE (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1999) ; SODERBERGH, STEVEN ; HANGIN' WITH THE HOMEBOYS (US, Joseph B. Vasquez, 1991) ; JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. (US, Leslie Harris, 1992) ISBN: 0851707580 : ¦40.00; 0851707599(pbk.) : ¦12.99LON: 20980358
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The Big Lebowski / J. M. Tyree & Ben Walters. London: British Film Institute, 2007.
Call No: 79BIG TYRAuthor: Tyree, J. M. ; Walters, Ben Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2007PhysDes: 123 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.Series: BFI film classicsSubject: BIG LEBOWSKI, THE (US, Joel Coen, 1998) Summary: "Ethan and Joel Coen's The Big Lebowski was released in 1998 to general bafflement. A decade on, it has become a cult classic, inspiring a thriving circuit of 'Lebowski Fasts' during which costumed devotees gather at bowling alleys and guzzle White Russians. Beyond its superabundance of deliciously quotable lines, how has the movie inspired such remarkable affection? And why does its critical stock continue to rise?" "The film's unlikely anchor is Jeff Bridges' career-best performance as Jeffrey Lebowski, a fully-baked 1960s radical turned Venice Beach drop-out known to his friends as 'the Dude'. Mistaken for an identically-named grandee whose young trophy wife is in trouble, the Dude finds himself embroiled in an impossibly convoluted kidnap plot involving pornographers, nihilists and threats to his 'Johnson'. Worst of all, it conflicts with his bowling commitments." "In part an irreverent pastiche of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep (at filmed by Howard Hawks), The Big Lebowski is also a jukebox of film history, littered, with playful and subversive references to everything from Hitchcock and Altman to Busby Berkeley. This riot of addled quotations reflects the film's Los Angeles setting, a discombobulated world inhabited by flakes, phonies and poseurs with put-on identities." "Like many Coen works, the movie plays havoc with the conventions of the crime genre and the absurdities of classical American 'heroism'. But The Big Lebowski is also that rare thing, a comedy that gets richer, funnier and more affecting with each viewing. Beneath its breakneck pacing and foul-mouthed ribaldry, the Dude's story offers disarmingly humane lessons in the value of simple things: friendship, laughter and bowling."-- Extract taken from the back of the bookNotes: Bibliography: p. 122-123.ISBN: 9781844571734Contents: The mix-tape movie -- Out of the past -- What makes a man? -- The religion of laughter.
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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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