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The Coen Brothers

The Coen Brothers

by RonaldBergan (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $3.25
Synopsis

Flamboyant visual style, richly conceived characters, crisp dialogue and brilliant casting - Joel and Ethan Coen have pulled off the ultimate balancing act. Despite having their movies financed and distributed by major studios, they have somehow managed to remain true independents, rejecting commercial cliches, and never giving up on their own fiercely idiosyncratic vision. From their startling noir debut, Blood Simple to the cons-on-the-run comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou?, all their movies reveal a distinctive stamp. In this first ever biography of the sibling film-makers, Ronald Bergan traces the brothers' Jewish roots, their beginnings as film geeks in the suburbs of Minneapolis, their battles to get their first feature made and released. It is a fascinating portrait of the most imaginative, original, successful writer/director filmmakers to have emerged in the last twenty years.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: 2
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 05 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0753814153
ISBN 13: 9780753814154
Book Overview: First biography of the hottest cult/mainstream filmmakers of the last 25 years Fargo sold 450,000 copies in video in the UK Ronald Bergan is one of the world's best-known writers on film 'Bergan...combines traditional film criticism with his first-person character portraits and interviews to emphasise humour and irreverence on either side of the camera...the biography paints an interesting and comprehensive picture of the Coens and their work' Hot Dog 'Ronald Bergan's biography brings out the good humour and eccentricity of the Coens and their films' Economist 'This is certainly the best assessment to date' Flicks

Author Bio
Ronald Bergan is one of the world's best-known writers on film. He contributes to The Guardian and The Independent and has written numerous TV documentaries which have been broadcast all over the world. His books have been widely praised on both sides of the Atlantic.