Literature

The Coen Brothers' Fargo

Management No. BFM010520

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Contents: Acknowledments page xi Contributors xiii 1. Introduction = 1 William Luhr 2. Fargo in Context: The Middle of Nowhere? = 10 David Sterritt 3. Motherhood, Homicide, and Swedish Meatballs: The Quiet Triumph of the Maternal in Fargo = 33 Pamela Grace 4. Fargo, or the Blank Frontier = 55 Christopher Sharrett 5. 'Kinda' funny lookin': Steve Buscemi's disorderly body = 77 Mikita Brottman 6. Fargo: 'Far removed from the stereotypes of ...' = 92 William Luhr 7. Closer to the Life Than the Conventions of Cinema: Interview with the Coen brothers (conducted in Cannes on May 16, 1996) = 109 Michael Ciment and Hubert Niogret 8. Cold-blooded scheming: Roger Deakins, Fargo = 119 Chris Probst 9. Carter Burwell in Conversation: Music for the Films of Joel and Ethan Coen = 128 Philip Brophy 10. Review of Fargo = 137 Thomas Doherty 11. Prairie Home Death Trip = 142 Harvey Roy Greenberg Filmography of Joel and Ethan Coen = 151 Selected Bibliography = 157 Index = 159