(Ebook) The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers by Mark T. Conard ISBN 9780813125268, 9780813173238, 081312526X, 081317323X

(Ebook) The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers by Mark T. Conard ISBN 9780813125268, 9780813173238, 081312526X, 081317323X

This book provides a fantastic and long overdue intertextual analysis of what the Coen Brothers have aimed to capture on screen and harness from the soul . . . what emerges most strongly is a sense of how terribly important NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN has been in terms of narrative evolution and an exchange of meta-cinema for a kind of pure storytelling - similar in structure and effect to the brutally succinct writings of William S. Burroughs. I recommend this book highly, because this is the time for more of us to look extra hard at the work of the Coen Brothers . . . their filmic America stands now as a very reliable and unrusted mirror of where we all are today . . . and may NOT be tomorrow.Note: This book is not primarily film criticism but is part of a series using popular culture as a springboard for illustrating various philosophical issues.