Blood Siblings The Cinema of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

by Woods, Paul A.

• ISBN13: 9780859652858
• ISBN10: 0859652858
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-02
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing

Summary

This anthology presents the story of modern cinema’s most dynamic brotherhood duo, from their debut neo-noir Blood Simple through the lowlife comedy The Big Lebowski. What all these films show is that the Coen brothers deliver visually and verbally inventive and exciting films that keep their fans on tenterhooks waiting for their next movie. This is the first book to collect the best articles, interviews, and reviews of the Coens’ diverse productions, including Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, and the Oscar-winning Fargo.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Coen Brothers Unplugged	5	(7)
Ian Nathan
Introduction	12	(7)
Paul A. Woods
BLOOD SIMPLE
Blood Simple review from Variety	19	(2)
Blood Simple	21	(1)
Stephane Braunschweig
Goose Bumps	22	(2)
Kim Newman
Simply Bloody	24	(2)
Anne Billson
Bloodlines	26	(12)
Hal Hinson
Joel and Ethan Coen	38	(7)
Eric Breitbart
Crimewave review from Variety	41	(1)
Crimewave	42	(3)
Steve Jenkins
RAISING ARIZONA
Raising Arizona review from Variety	45	(2)
Raising Arizona review	47	(2)
Steve Jenkins
Ethan and Joel Coen	49	(2)
Kevin Sessions
Invasion of the Baby Snatchers	51	(7)
David Edelstein
Interview with Joel and Ethan Coen	58	(11)
Michel Ciment
Hubert Niogret
MILLER'S CROSSING
Miller's Crossing review from Variety	69	(2)
Miller's Crossing	71	(3)
Steve Jenkins
Shot by Shot	74	(4)
Steven Levy
Chasing the Hat	78	(3)
Richard T. Jameson
The Joel and Ethan Story	81	(7)
John H. Richardson
A Hat Blown by the Wind	88	(5)
Jean-Pierre Coursodon
BARTON FINK
Barton Fink review from Variety	93	(2)
Barton Fink	95	(2)
Steve Jenkins
A Rock on the Beach	97	(7)
Michel Ciment
Hubert Niogret
Barton Fink and William Faulkner	104	(4)
Marie-Jose Lavie
Finking It	108	(2)
John Powers
Coen Brothers A-Z: The Big Two-Headed Picture	110	(7)
Mark Horowitz
THE HUDSUCKER PROXY
The Hudsucker Proxy	117	(3)
Todd McCarthy
Strange Bedfellows	120	(6)
John Clark
The Sphinx Without a Riddle	126	(4)
John Harkness
Double Vision	130	(7)
John Naughton
FARGO
Do Not Miss Fargo	137	(3)
Graham Fuller
Fargo	140	(2)
Leonard Klady
Fargo	142	(2)
Todd McCarthy
Joel and Ethan Coen	144	(5)
Peter Biskind
Hell Freezes Over	149	(4)
Lizzie Francke
Closer to Life than the Conventions of Cinema	153	(8)
Michel Ciment
Hubert Niogret
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
The Big Lebowski	161	(1)
Mike Goodridge
The Brothers Grim	162	(5)
Andy Lowe
The Logic of Soft Drugs	167	(7)
Michel Ciment
Hubert Niogret
From Dream to Reality	174	(7)
Yannick Dahan
Filmography	181	(3)
Acknowledgments	184