Joel Coen

Signature meta takes

Readings that recur across the films — what makes a film unmistakably theirs.

• The Repetition Compulsion — in 2 of 7
  The Big Lebowski · Inside Llewyn Davis
• The Utopian Impulse — in 2 of 7
  The Big Lebowski · Raising Arizona
• The Postmodern Collage — in 2 of 7
  Raising Arizona · Miller's Crossing
• The Fragile Alpha — in 2 of 7
  Inside Llewyn Davis · No Country for Old Men
• The Pastiche Playbook — in 2 of 7
  The Big Lebowski · Barton Fink

Filmography

• Raising Arizona (1987) — 3 meta takes
• Miller's Crossing (1990) — 2 meta takes
• Barton Fink (1991) — 7 meta takes
• Fargo (1996) — 2 meta takes
• The Big Lebowski (1998) — 4 meta takes
• No Country for Old Men (2007) — 5 meta takes
• Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) — 2 meta takes