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Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s

- Twelve American Films
Af: Wes D. Gehring Engelsk Paperback

Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s

- Twelve American Films
Af: Wes D. Gehring Engelsk Paperback
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This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humor behind a misleading genre label. All That Jazz (1979) is a musical...about death--hardly Fred and Ginger territory. This masking goes beyond misnomer to a breaking of formula that director Robert Altman called "anti-genre." Altman''s MASH (1970) ridiculed the military establishment in general--the Vietnam War in particular--under the guise of a standard military service comedy. The picaresque Western Little Big Man (1970) turned the bluecoats vs. Indians formula upside-down--the audience roots for the Indians instead of the cavalry.

The book covers 12 essential films, including Harold and Maude (1971), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest (1975) and Being There (1979), with notes on A Clockwork Orange (1971). These films reveal a compounding complexity that reinforces the absurdity at the heart of dark comedy.

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This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humor behind a misleading genre label. All That Jazz (1979) is a musical...about death--hardly Fred and Ginger territory. This masking goes beyond misnomer to a breaking of formula that director Robert Altman called "anti-genre." Altman''s MASH (1970) ridiculed the military establishment in general--the Vietnam War in particular--under the guise of a standard military service comedy. The picaresque Western Little Big Man (1970) turned the bluecoats vs. Indians formula upside-down--the audience roots for the Indians instead of the cavalry.

The book covers 12 essential films, including Harold and Maude (1971), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest (1975) and Being There (1979), with notes on A Clockwork Orange (1971). These films reveal a compounding complexity that reinforces the absurdity at the heart of dark comedy.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 252
ISBN-13: 9780786495429
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0786495421
Kategori: Filmgenrer
Udg. Dato: 29 mar 2016
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 178mm
Højde: 254mm
Forlag: McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato: 29 mar 2016
Forfatter(e): Wes D. Gehring
Forfatter(e) Wes D. Gehring


Kategori Filmgenrer


ISBN-13 9780786495429


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 252


Udgave


Længde 13mm


Bredde 178mm


Højde 254mm


Udg. Dato 29 mar 2016


Oplagsdato 29 mar 2016


Forlag McFarland & Co Inc

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