The Coen Brothers' Fargo (Cambridge Film Handbooks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521005019 ISBN 13: 9780521005012

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The most commercially and critically successful film of Ethan and Joel Coen, Fargo was nominated for five Academy Awards and received two, an exceptional achievement for a low budget, independently produced film. This volume explores Fargo from a variety of perspectives. Providing a detailed account of the film's production, reception and place within the career of the Coen brothers, it covers issues and themes significant to current film discourse, including genre, gender and sexuality, race, history, culture and myth.

About this title

Book 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. 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.

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521005019
• ISBN 13: 9780521005012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Luhr William G.