Research Catalog

Title

Dark humor in films of the 1960s / Wheeler Winston Dixon.

Author

Dixon, Wheeler W., 1950-

Publication

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Details

Description

viii, 102 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Dark humor in films of the 1960s presents six detailed chapters on various topics that relate to genre cinema, concentrating on films and filmmakers whose films offered wide ranging commentary on popular culture. Covering both little and well-known films and filmmakers (Vanishing point, Marcel Hanoun, It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world, Max Ophüls), Dixon's writings draw on a multitude of critical, historical, and archival sources to capture the reader's attention from start to finish." -- back cover.

Series Statement

Palgrave pivot

Uniform Title

Palgrave pivot

Subject

• Lederman, D. Ross 1894-1972 > Criticism and interpretation
• Orol, Juan, 1897-1988 > Criticism and interpretation
• Sarafian, Richard C. > Criticism and interpretation
• Hanoun, Marcel, 1929-2012 > Criticism and interpretation
• Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957 > Criticism and interpretation
• Comedy films > History and criticism
• Black humor
• Motion pictures > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-98) and index.

Contents

Dark humor in films of the 1960s -- A cinema of violence : the films of D. Ross Lederman -- Juan Orol, phantom of the Mexican cinemas -- Missing in action : the lost version of Vanishing point -- The invisible cinema of Marcel Hanoun -- The Noir vision of Max Ophüls, romantic fatalist.

ISBN

• 9781137564207
• 1137564202
• 9781137562494 (canceled/invalid)
• 1137562498 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781137562500 (canceled/invalid)
• 1137562501 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• ocn913198275
• SCSB-1849134

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library