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The Coen Brothers: The Story of Two
American Filmmakers
by
Josh Levine
ECW Press
With a resume that reads like a broad sweep of the American
cinematic scene in the '80s and '90s, the Coen brothers (Ethan and
Joel) have firmly established themselves as two of today's leading
filmmakers.
Writing and directing smart, quirky vehicles like Barton
Fink, Raising Arizona, Fargo and The Big Lebowski, the brothers have
been able to successfully combine Ethan's love of language and
dialogue with Joel's thought-through-process with regard to the
images that end up on the screen.
The book is not an analysis of the Coen brothers films, but
rather the real story of how they write and shoot their films and
how they raise the money for them, while maintaining the integrity
of independence. This is not an easy thing to do in the high-wire
act known as Hollywood.
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Cecil
B. Demented CD Soundtrack
BMG
Despite some annoying
industrial noise from The Locust and SubstAnce D, which works in the film,
great "Whassup" rants from DJ Class and Mayo (both co-written by
the film's director, John Waters) make this CD come to life in Waters'
bent version of Hollywoodland.
Interesting short cuts by Zoë Poledouris, Jerome Dillon, Moby and
a soulful Karen McMillan round out this collection, topped off fittingly
with a bizarre version of "Ciao!" performed by none other than
the former King of Las Vegas, Liberace.
Autumn
in New York CD Soundtrack
Universal Music
This CD features the Jennifer Paige
hit "Beautiful" and three other standout tracks from Madeleine
Peyroux ("Getting Some Fun Out of Life"), Sydney Forest
("Our Love Never Ends") and Yvonne Washington ("Autumn in
New York"). The latter two, unfortunately, aren't included in the
motion picture, but are a bonus here. The rest of the score is by Gabriel
Yared with vocals by Miriam Stockley.
- Gerry Young
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