Research Catalog

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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Holdings

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

• Comedy films > United States > History and criticism
• Tragicomedy > History and criticism
• Comedy films
• Tragicomedy
• United States

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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).

ISBN

• 9780786495429
• 0786495421

LCCN

^^2016005839

OCLC

939597186

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library