Joel and Ethan Coen

R. Barton Palmer is a former Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University and the former director of The South Carolina Film Institute. His many books include Hollywood's Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir.

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: A Brief Portrait of the Artists 1. A Different Meaning for the Same Old Song: Blood Simple 2. The Coen Brothers: Postmodern Filmmakers 3. Uncertainty Principle: The Man Who Wasn't There 4. The Exotic Everyday: Fargo 5. The Artist, Mass Culture, and the Common Man: Barton Fink and Raising Arizona 6. Classic Hollywood Redivivus: The Hudsucker Proxy and O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers Interviewed Michael Ciment and Hubert Niogret Filmography Suggestions for Further Reading Index Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Coen, Joel Criticism and interpretation, Coen, Ethan Criticism and interpretation

"There is as yet only one book length analysis of any note [about the Coen Brothers] by a film scholar: R. Barton Palrmer's Joel and Ethan Coen (2004). . . . This is a book for those who have already made the acquaintance of the Coens through their films and are now ready to think about their work seriously."--Film International