{"product_id":"joel-and-ethan-coen-r-barton-palmer-9780252071850","title":"Joel and Ethan Coen","description":"With landmark films such as \u003ci\u003eFargo, O Brother Where art Thou?, Blood Simple, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRaising Arizona, \u003c\/i\u003e the Coen brothers have achieved both critical and commercial success. Proving the existence of a viable market for \"small\" films that are also intellectually rewarding, their work has exploded generic conventions amid rich webs of transtextual references. \u003cp\u003eR. Barton Palmer argues that the Coen oeuvre forms a central element in what might be called postmodernist filmmaking. Mixing high and low cultural sources and blurring genres like noir and comedy, the use of pastiche and anti-realist elements in films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Hudsucker Proxy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBarton Fink\u003c\/i\u003e clearly fit the postmodernist paradigm. Palmer argues that for a full understanding of the Coen brothers' unique position within film culture, it is important to see how they have developed a new type of text within general postmodernist practice that Palmer terms commercial\/independent. Analyzing their substantial body of work from this \"generic\" framework is the central focus of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Barton Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252071859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252071850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.48w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 1029","brand":"R. Barton Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074721870079,"sku":"9780252071850","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c38c3087-4e2d-4165-accf-63cfd6ea3253.jpg?v=1685455393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/joel-and-ethan-coen-r-barton-palmer-9780252071850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}