The last laugh : strange humors of cinema /
For critics, fans, and scholars of drama and film, the laugh has traditionally been tied to comedy, indicating and expressing mirth, witty relief, joyous celebration, or arch and sarcastic parody. But strange, dark laughter that illuminates non-comedic, unfunny situations gets much less attention. T...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Wayne State University Press,
2013
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| Series: | Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | For critics, fans, and scholars of drama and film, the laugh has traditionally been tied to comedy, indicating and expressing mirth, witty relief, joyous celebration, or arch and sarcastic parody. But strange, dark laughter that illuminates non-comedic, unfunny situations gets much less attention. This book assembles contributions from thirteen estimable scholars that address the strange laughter of cinema from varying intellectual perspectives and a wide range of sources. Contributors consider unusual humors in a variety of filmic settings, from the chilling unheard laughter of silent cinema to the ribald and mortal laughter in the work of Orson Welles; the vagaries and nuances of laughter in film noir to the eccentric laughter of science fiction. Essays also look at laughter in many different applications, from the subtle, underlying wit of the thriller Don't Look Now to the deeply provocative humor of experimental film and the unpredictable, shadowy, insightful, and stunning laughter in such films as Black Swan, Henry Fool, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Kiss of Death, The Dark Knight, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.--description from publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0814338550 9780814338551 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
