| Description |
vii, 296 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The philosophy of popular culture |
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Philosophy of popular culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-286) and index. |
| Contents |
Raising Arizona as an American comedy / Richard Gilmore -- The human comedy perpetuates itself : nihilism and comedy in Coen neo-noir / Thomas S. Hibbs -- Philosophies of comedy in O brother, where art thou? / Douglas McFarland -- No country for old men : the Coens' tragic western / Richard Gilmore -- Deceit, desire, and dark comedy : postmodern dead ends in Blood simple / Alan Woolfolk -- "And it's such a beautiful day!" : shame and Fargo / Rebecca Hanrahan and David Stearns -- Justice, power, and love : the political philosophy of Intolerable cruelty / Shai Biderman and William J. Devlin -- Ethics, heart, and violence in Miller's Crossing / Bradley L. Herling -- "Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners" : laziness as a virtue in The big Lebowski / Matthew K. Douglass and Jerry L. Walls -- No country for old men as moral philosophy / Douglas McFarland -- Heidegger and the problem of interpretation in Barton Fink / Mark T. Conard -- The past is now : history and The Hudsucker proxy / Paul Coughlin -- "A homespun murder story" : film noir and the problem of modernity in Fargo / Jerold J. Abrams -- "What kind of man are you?" : the Coen brothers and existentialist role playing / Richard Gaughran -- Being the barber : Kierkegaardian despair in The man who wasn't there / Karen D. Hoffman -- Thinking beyond the failed community : Blood simple and The man who wasn't there / R. Barton Palmer. |
| Subject |
Coen, Joel -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Coen, Ethan -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Motion picture plays, American -- History and criticism.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Conard, Mark T., 1965-
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| Added Title |
Coen brothers |
| ISBN |
9780813125268 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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081312526X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000043386739 |
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NLGGC 315735325 |
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NZ1 12856477 |
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