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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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Contemporary musical film / edited by K. J. Donnelly and Beth Carroll Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
Call No: 751.1 CONSource: UKPlace: EdinburghPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: 2019PhysDes: x, 192 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.Series: Music and the moving image seriesSubject: MUSICALS ; TEAM AMERICA WORLD POLICE (US, Trey Parker, 2004) ; ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (US, Julie Taymor, 2007) ; FROZEN (US, Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee, 2013) ; MAMMA MIA! (UK/US/G, Phyllida Lloyd, 2008) ; MISERABLES, LES (UK, Tom Hooper, 2012) ; O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (US, Joel Coen, 2000) ; FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE (US, Rob Cohen, 2001) ; KILL BILL VOLUME 1 (US, Quentin Tarantino, 2003) ; KILL BILL VOLUME 2 (US, Quentin Tarantino, 2004) Summary: In recent years there has been a remarkable resurgence in the success of film musicals. Since the turn of the millennium, films such as Chicago (2002) and Phantom of the Opera (2004) have restated the close connections between the stage and screen. This edited collection will look at the breadth and diversity of recent film musicals, including adaptations from the stage such as Mamma Mia! (2008), Tim Burton's Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Rock of Ages (2012). This collection will also look at films that owe less of a direct debt to stage musicals, such as Julie Taymor's Across the Universe (2007) and Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark (2000).Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 9781474431682Contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE ORIGINAL MUSICALS --1.Aesthetic Absurdities in Takashi Miike's The Happiness of the Katakuris / Craig Hatch --2.Film and the Twilight of Rock (Rock is Dead and Film Killed It): Post-millennial Rock Musicals / K. J. Donnelly --3.Team America: World Police: Duplicitous Voices of the Socio-political Spy Musical / Jack Curtis Dubowsky --4.The Anti-musical or Generic Affinity: Is there Anything Left to Say? / Beth Carroll --5.`Is This Real Enough For You?': Lyrical Articulation of the Beatles' Songs in Across the Universe / Stephanie Fremaux --6.`Love Is an Open Door': Revising and Repeating Disney's Musical Tropes in Frozen / Ryan Bunch --pt. TWO STAGE TO SCREEN --7.Star Quality? Song, Celebrity and the Jukebox Musical in Mamma Mia! / Catherine Haworth --8.Beyond the Barricade: Adapting Les Miserables for the Cinema / Ian Sapiro --pt. THREE MUSICALS BY ANOTHER NAME --Contents note continued: 9.O Brother, Where Art Thou?: The Coen Brothers and the Musical Genre Contamination / Stefano Baschiera --10.Racing in the Beat: Music in the Fast & Furious Franchise / Todd Decker --11.Kill Bill: Quentin Tarantino as a Musical Filmmaker / Geena Brown.
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Pop fiction : The song in cinema / edited by Steve Lannin and Matthew Caley Porland, Oregon: Intellect, 2005.
Call No: 634.6 POPAuthor: Lannin, Steve ; Caley, Matthew Source: UKPlace: Bristol, UK; Porland, OregonPublisher: IntellectPubDate: 2005PhysDes: 173 p. : 23 cmSubject: POP MUSIC AND THE CINEMA ; POP MUSIC IN FILMS ; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA ; MUSIC IN FILMS ; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS ; COHEN, LEONARD ; MORETTI, NANNI ; DOORS, THE ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; PFEIFFER, MICHELLE ; DAMON, MATT ; KLOVES, STEVE ; MINGHELLA, ANTHONY ; VALLI, FRANKIE ; CIMINO, MICHAEL ; RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS ; ZUCKER, JERRY ; REED, LOU ; BOYLE, DANNY ; STEALERS WHEEL ; Tarantino, Quentin ; BAKER, CHET ; WEBER, BRUCE ; WINGS ; ARMITAGE, GEORGE ; COLLINS, PHIL ; BRICKMAN, PAUL ; MASSIVE ATTACK ; WONG KAR WAI ; CARO DIARIO (IT/FR, Nanni Moretti, 1993) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (US, Joel Coen, 2000) ; FABULOUS BAKER BOYS, THE (US, Steve Kloves, 1989) ; TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE (US, Anthony Minghella, 1999) ; DEER HUNTER, THE (US, Michael Cimino, 1978) ; GHOST (US, Jerry Zucker, 1990) ; TRAINSPOTTING (UK, Danny Boyle, 1996) ; RESERVOIR DOGS (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1992) ; LET'S GET LOST (US, Bruce Weber, 1988) ; GROSSE POINTE BLANK (US, George Armitage, 1997) ; RISKY BUSINESS (US, Paul Brickman, 1983) ; DUOLUO TIANSHI (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1995) Summary: "'Pop Fiction's unique essays individually consider one song within a cinematic context. Unlike previous collected volumes about pop music in film, where a generalised approach has been adopted, it offers instead a close examination of these two most pervasive and significant mediums in contemporary culture.
"The collection introspects, assembling the pop song into various guises and documenting how individuals dissemble the multiple roles that the pop song plays in all and one audio-visual moment. The song as: ghost, role-play, memory trigger, narrator, marketing device, translator, alienator, membership rite, etc." (Taken from the back cover)Notes: Includes indexISBN: 184150078X
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