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Raising Arizona (1987)

Film

DirectorJoel Coen

Meta takes3

Figures

Characters

The character of Leonard Smalls

Form & technique

The final dream sequence → The Utopian Impulse

Tropes

The film's overall generic composition → The Postmodern Collage
H.I. McDunnough's narration and dialogue
The central quest for a nuclear family
H.I. McDunnough's slapstick suffering → The Abject Borderline

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