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Overview"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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wes D. GehringPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.467kg ISBN: 9780786495429ISBN 10: 0786495421 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 29 March 2016 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Foreword by David L. Smith Preface and Acknowledgments Prologue 1. MASH (1/24/70) 2. Catch–22 (6/20/70) 3. Little Big Man (12/15/70) 4. Harold and Maude (12/21/71) 5. Cabaret (2/14/72) 6. Slaughterhouse-Five (3/23/72) 7. Chinatown (6/21/74) 8. Love and Death (6/11/75) 9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (11/20/75) 10. Annie Hall (4/21/77) 11. Being There (12/20/79) 12. All That Jazz (12/20/79) Epilogue with Notes on A Clockwork Orange (1971) Chapter Notes Filmography Bibliography IndexReviews“Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarship”—Choice; “Just about anything with film historian and media writer Wes D. Gehring’s name on it will be of quality.”—Cinema Retro. Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarship --<i>Choice</i>. Author InformationWes D. Gehring is a distinguished professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, for which he also writes the column “Reel World.” He is the author of 40 film books, including biographies of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise, Red Skelton and Charlie Chaplin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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