CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1      Blood Simple: ‘It’s the Same Old Song’

2      Raising Arizona: A State of Mind

3      Miller’s Crossing: ‘A Handsome Movie about Men in Hats’

4      Barton Fink: ‘For the Common Man’

5      The Hudsucker Proxy: A Comedy of Reinvention

6      Fargo: In the Land of Tall Tales

7      The Big Lebowski: ‘The Dude Abides’

8      O Brother, Where Art Thou?: The Hayseed Epic

9      The Man Who Wasn’t There: Recreating Classic Film Noir

10    No Country for Old Men: Darkness in the New West

11    A Serious Man: Parable and Paradox

Conclusion: The Ends of the Auteur: Drawing Conclusions About Coen Brothers Movies

Filmography

Bibliography

Index