Genre Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s Twelve American Films 1st Edition by Wes Gehring 0786495421 9780786495429

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ISBN 10: 0786495421

ISBN 13: 9780786495429

Author: Wes D. Gehring

This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humor behind a misleading genre label. All That Jazz (1979) is a musical…about death–hardly Fred and Ginger territory. This masking goes beyond misnomer to a breaking of formula that director Robert Altman called “anti-genre.” Altman’s MASH (1970) ridiculed the military establishment in general–the Vietnam War in particular–under the guise of a standard military service comedy. The picaresque Western Little Big Man (1970) turned the bluecoats vs. Indians formula upside-down–the audience roots for the Indians instead of the cavalry. 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). These films reveal a compounding complexity that reinforces the absurdity at the heart of dark comedy.

Genre Busting Dark Comedies of the 1970s Twelve American Films 1st Table of contents:

Film List with Release Dates:

1. MASH (January 24, 1970)
2. Catch–22 (June 20, 1970)
3. Little Big Man (December 15, 1970)
4. Harold and Maude (December 21, 1971)
5. Cabaret (February 14, 1972)
6. Slaughterhouse-Five (March 23, 1972)
7. Chinatown (June 21, 1974)
8. Love and Death (June 11, 1975)
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (November 20, 1975)
10. Annie Hall (April 21, 1977)
11. Being There (December 20, 1979)
12. All That Jazz (December 20, 1979)

Additional Sections:

Epilogue with Notes on A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Filmography

Chapter Notes

Foreword

Preface

Prologue

Chapters:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

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