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Title: Barton Fink & Miller's Crossing by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Roderick Jaynes ISBN: 0-571-16648-2 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: October, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Two of the Finest Screenplays of the Last Ten Years
Comment: The Coen brother's films have never failed to astonish and entertain me. From BLOOD SIMPLE to FARGO, they have shown an uncanny knack for vivid characteriziations and photographic style.
But the question is, are the scripts as good by themselves?
Thankfully, the answer is yes. The Coen's scripted prose is dramatically satisfying, and makes one yearn to see the films again, which is the highest compliment I can give them.
BARTON FINK is a bold and unusual piece, centred on a playwright who ends up selling his soul in Hollywood. It may sound like the usual pointless drivel, but the Coen's take a surprisingly dark twist into the bizarre, with insane roommates, creepy bellhops, and drunken authors. It only never fully captures the ominous presence of the hotel Barton stays in. On film, it is the most foreboding motel since Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.
MILLER'S CROSSING (my favorite film of ALL time) is a different period piece. It centres on Irish gangsters in the 1930's. But while the plot is an ingenious homage to the gangster film's of Bogart and Cagney, it is the dialogue which makes it shine. Once again, astonishing characterizations rule the day, as the conflicted Tom Regan plays both sides against each other for reasons even he may not understand.
An added bonus is the introduction, written by the Coen's sometime film editor. It is an unusual choice, as he goes to great lengths to describe how much he does NOT like the scripts, or film in general. It serves to heighten interest in their content, and does prove that the Coens are not for everyone. For those of us you cannot wait for their next film, this is a treat.
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Title:Miller's Crossing ASIN: B00008RH3L Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Pub. Date: 20 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title:Barton Fink ASIN: B00008RH3J Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Pub. Date: 20 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $16.99 |
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Title: The Big Lebowski by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ISBN: 0571193358 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Raising Arizona (St. Martin's Original Screenplay Series) by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ISBN: 0312022700 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: March, 1989 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Fargo by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ISBN: 0571179630 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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