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The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers (Philosophy Of Popular Culture) updated edition Edition

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4.4 out of 5 stars 9 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Series: Philosophy Of Popular Culture
  • Paperback: 332 pages
  • Publisher: University Press of Kentucky; updated edition edition (March 7, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0813134455
  • ISBN-13: 978-0813134451
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #319,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsRebirth of Tragedy
By Review Guy on October 26, 2010
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Friedrich Nietzsche believed for a time that the composer Richard Wagner would be able to unite all the noble impulses of art into an opera capable of sublimating European culture, just as classical tragedy ennobled the Athenians. Wagner failed, even in Nietzsche's judgement, but I am reminded of him every time I see a Coen Brothers film. Like Wagner, they have created a stage upon which the plastic/Apollonian (cinematography, lighting, set and costume) engages the musical/Dionysian (script, drama, soundtrack). But where Wagner failed, the Coens have succeeded. Their films together constitute the rebirth of tragedy here in modern America - a multimedia art of moral choice, with a philosophical vocabulary and contemporary significance. There's nothing deeper or more relevant on the American scene.

And I guess that accounts for just why this book so utterly blows the doors off any other "Philosophy of" book I've encountered. Like Woody Allen or Stanley Kubrick, the Coens produce film that is not merely philosophical, but is philosophy itself - the kind of art that drives fans to study philosophy in the first place.

But, in approaching the Coens, you do need some guidance. These are two guys who know the canon, cold, from Homer (O Brother Where Art Though) to Kant (See Walter in the Big Lebowski) to Heidegger (Barton Fink). At least part of the opacity of their films stems from the audiences unfamiliarity with these themes. And this is where this book comes in handy. This is a collection of truly thoughtful, high caliber works of scholarly criticism. It is so much better than similar titles like "The Simpsons and Philosophy" that I kinda wish it had a different title.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn essential research tool for Cohen Brothers analysis
By B. Case TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on December 1, 2013
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This is an essential book if you are doing college-level research and analysis concerning the Cohen Brothers’ films. Each essay is by a different Cohen scholar and each concerns a specific film. Some essays were better than others. One author was particularly irritating and difficult to understand, but for the most part, I thoroughly enjoyed all the essays in this resource and found them extremely useful while I was attending this course.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLove those Coen Brothers; love philosophy: Here's a marriage of the two!
By Alonzo Rumfelt on March 27, 2014
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I haven't read the entire thing (it's in storage, now), but what I read was enjoyable and helped connect ideas that I was looking at in philosophy with the movies of some of my favorite writers/directors!
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Breakdown and analysis
By Eric Crimson on April 12, 2011
Format: Hardcover
If you value and appreciate great film making and script writing this book breaks down the fundamentals of philosophy by the Coens through short essays.
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3.0 out of 5 starsA Technical Text
By Ronald J. Sribnik on February 9, 2014
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The book is very technical. It presumes a basis in 19th and 20th century philosophy. It is probably a good text for a film student in an undergraduate or graduate program but is probably not appropriate for a more casual reader.
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