The Coens in Context: An Illustrated Introduction

Ben Walters, co-author of The Big Lebowski in the BFI Film Classics series, presents an introduction to our season, illustrated with clips from films by the Coen brothers and films whose stamp their pictures bear.

Ben Walters, co-author of The Big Lebowski in the BFI Film Classics series, presents an introduction to our season, illustrated with clips from films by the Coen brothers and films whose stamp their pictures bear. Recalling the noir antecedents of their debut Blood Simple, and the screwball, gangster and suspense pictures they would later draw on, it also finds room for a few Easter eggs.