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Genre-busting dark comedies of the 1970s : twelve American films
- Title
- Genre-busting dark comedies of the 1970s : twelve American films / Wes D. Gehring ; foreword by David L. Smith.
- Author
- Gehring, Wes D.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Smith, David L.
- Description
- vii, 242 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humor behind a misleading genre label. 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)"--
- Subject
- Note
- "Foreword by David L. Smith -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Prologue -- MASH (1970) -- Catch/22 (1970) -- Little Big Man (1970) -- Harold and Maude (1971) -- Cabaret (1972) -- Slaughterhouse-five (1972) -- Chinatown (1974) -- Love and death (1975) -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975) -- Annie Hall (1977) -- Being there (1979) -- All that jazz (1979) -- Epilogue with notes on A clockwork orange (1971) -- Filmography."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references, index and filmography.
- Contents
- Foreword / David L. Smith -- MASH (1/24/70) -- Catch/22 (6/20/70) -- Little Big Man (12/15/70) -- Harold and Maude (12/21/72) -- Cabaret (2/14/72) -- Slaughterhouse-five (3/23/72) -- Chinatown (6/21/74) -- Love and death (6/11/75) -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest (11/20/75) -- Annie Hall (4/21/77) -- Being there (12/20/79) -- All that jazz (12/20/79) -- Epilogue with notes on A clockwork orange (1971).
- Call Number
- MFL 16-3674
- ISBN
- 9780786495429
- 0786495421
- 9781476622514 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2016005839
- OCLC
- 939597186
- Author
- Gehring, Wes D., author.
- Title
- Genre-busting dark comedies of the 1970s : twelve American films / Wes D. Gehring ; foreword by David L. Smith.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references, index and filmography.
- Added Author
- Smith, David L., writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 16-3674