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Existentialism in Cinema: Sartre, Camus, and The Coen Brothers

Friday, November 8, 2013: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Bayside A (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Matthew Norman , Emerson College
"Existentialism in Cinema: Sartre, Camus, and The Coen Brothers" is an analysis of Joel and Ethan Coen's filmography through the lens of existentialism by comparing The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, and Fargo to the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus' novel The Stranger.