Ethan Coen and Joel Coen: Collected Screenplays 1: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink (Paperback)

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These four early works by the internationally lauded filmmaking team deal with the subject for which they are best known: corruption and crime in situations that combine the real and the surreal with the hilarious. Of the scripts included here, Barton Fink--an intense look at the psychological ruin of a New York playwright trying to make it in 1940s Hollywood--is a masterful culmination of these themes.

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Ethan and Joel Coen have made nine critically acclaimed films together. They received an Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1997 for Fargo.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber; 1st edition (October 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571210961
• ISBN-13: 978-0571210961
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #128,353 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Raising Arizona, September 11, 2003

By	GERALD L AHMANN II (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

The best movie EVER! The straight script, I had hoped to stumble onto some dialogue that wound up on the cutting room floor but to no avail. Being interested in screenplay writing I was curious how the Coen's conveyed all of the sight humor into their screen play. If your looking for screen play examples (the how to write a screenplay books are worthless) this has been very helpful to me. Too bad their aren't any story boards to go with it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars a great collection, February 9, 2009

By	J. B. Santo (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A terrific collection of stories providing an insight into interesting story techniques, and combining dark humor with suspense. Even if you just read one or two of the screenplays, it's worth it.