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American Dark Comedy: Beyond Satire

American Dark Comedy: Beyond Satire

Hardcover

Series: Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture, Book 55

General ReferenceFilm Studies

ISBN10: 0313261849
ISBN13: 9780313261848
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jul 30 1996
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
From Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, Gehring presents a compelling theory of the black comedy film genre. Placing the movies he discusses in a historical and literary context, Gehring explores the genre's obession with death and the characters' failure to be shocked by it. Movies discussed include: Slaughterhouse Five, Catch-2, Clockwork Orange, Harold and Maude, Heathers, and Natural Born Killers.

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