Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s: Twelve American Films
Author:   Wes D. Gehring
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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Pages:   252
Publication Date:   29 March 2016
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Genre-Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s: Twelve American Films


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Author:   Wes D. Gehring
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9780786495429


ISBN 10:   0786495421
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   29 March 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword by David L. Smith Preface and Acknowledgments Prologue 1. MASH (1/24/70) 2. Catch–22 (6/20/70) 3. Little Big Man (12/15/70) 4. Harold and Maude (12/21/71) 5. Cabaret (2/14/72) 6. Slaughterhouse-Five (3/23/72) 7. Chinatown (6/21/74) 8. Love and Death (6/11/75) 9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (11/20/75) 10. Annie Hall (4/21/77) 11. Being There (12/20/79) 12. All That Jazz (12/20/79) Epilogue with Notes on A Clockwork Orange (1971) Chapter Notes Filmography Bibliography Index

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Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarship --<i>Choice</i>.


“Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarship”—Choice; “Just about anything with film historian and media writer Wes D. Gehring’s name on it will be of quality.”—Cinema Retro.


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Wes D. Gehring is a distinguished professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, for which he also writes the column “Reel World.” He is the author of 40 film books, including biographies of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise, Red Skelton and Charlie Chaplin.

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