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Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s
- Twelve American Films
Engelsk
Bogcover for Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s af Wes D. Gehring, 9780786495429
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Engelsk
Sider:
252
ISBN-13:
9780786495429
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786495421
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Udg. Dato:
29 mar 2016
Størrelse i cm:
25,4 x 17,8 x 1,3
Oplagsdato:
29 mar 2016
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Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s

- Twelve American Films
Engelsk
Paperback 2016
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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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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
252
ISBN-13:
9780786495429
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786495421
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
29 mar 2016
Størrelse i cm:
25,4 x 17,8 x 1,3
Oplagsdato:
29 mar 2016
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