Brought completely up to date; this insightful biography remains "a must for any self-respecting Coen fan" (Screentrade).This fully updated edition of the first biography of the Coen Brothers includes their complete work so far; from Blood Simple to Inside Llewyn Davis (2013); with a reassessment of their remarkable career as a whole. Joel and Ethan Coen have pulled off the ultimate balancing act. Despite having their movies financed and distributed by major studios; they have managed to remain true independents; rejecting commercial clicheacute;s and never giving up on their own fiercely idiosyncratic vision. While doing so; they have established themselves among the worlds leading filmmakers.From their startling debut; Blood Simple (1984); all of their movies reveal a distinctive stamp: a flamboyant visual style; richly conceived characters; crisp dialogue; and brilliant casting. They have revitalized old Hollywood genres such as noir; screwball; and the western; giving them a contemporary sensibility. In this biography; Ronald Bergan traces the brothers Jewish roots; their beginnings as film geeks in suburban Minneapolis; their battle to get their first feature made and released; through their early features and the movies of their maturity. He gives blow-by-blow accounts of the making of each movie. New chapters cover all those released since O Brother; Where Art Thou? (2000); with which the first edition of this book ended.
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