Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. Blood Simple: ‘It’s the same old song’ 15
6. 2. Raising Arizona: A State of Mind 32
7. 3. Miller’s Crossing: ‘A Handsome Movie about Men in Hats’ 49
8. Barton Fink: ‘For the Common Man’ 66
9. The Hudsucker Proxy: A Comedy of Reinvention 85
10. Fargo: In the Land of Tall Tales 101
11. 7. The Big Lebowski: ‘The Dude Abides’ 116
12. 8. O Brother, Where Art Thou?: The Hayseed Epic 134
13. 9. The Man Who Wasn’t There: Recreating Classic Film Noir 147
14. 10. No Country for Old Men: Darkness in the New West 164
15. 11. A Serious Man: Parable and Paradox 179
16. Conclusion: The Ends of the Auteur: Drawing Conclusions About Coen Brothers Movies 194
17. Filmography 201
18. Bibliography 204
19. Index 210