American Dark Comedy: Beyond Satire

ISBN-13: 9780313261848 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 224 str.

Wes D. Gehring; R. Karl Largent

Opis

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.