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The Coen Brothers' Fargo

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Coen Brothers' Fargo
Authors and Contributors      Edited by William G. Luhr
SeriesCambridge Film Handbooks
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:180
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreIndividual film directors and film-makers
ISBN/Barcode 9780521808859
ClassificationsDewey:791.4372
Audience
Professional & Vocational
General
Illustrations 29 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 October 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Fargo is the most commercially and critically successful film of Ethan and Joel Coen. Immediately recognized as an important work, it was nominated for five Academy Awards and received two, an exceptional achievement for a low budget, independently produced film without major stars. Fargo is also a film that explores middle-American themes and settings from an original and unsettling perspective, challenging traditional genre structures. This volume explores Fargo from a variety of methodological perspectives. Providing a detailed account of the film's production, reception and place within the career of the Coen brothers, it explores issues and themes that are important to current film discourse, including genre, gender and sexuality, race, history, culture and myth.

Reviews

"...a useful introduction to the critical discourse penned in the years since the film's premier." Jarrod Waetjen, Gibbs College, American Book Review