Film Comedy - Hardcover

King, Geoff

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903364361 ISBN 13: 9781903364369

Verlag: Wallflower Press, 2002

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Reseña del editor:

What exactly is film comedy and what is the basis for its widespread appeal? Film Comedy uses formal, socio-historical and industrial perspectives to answer this question. What, for example, is the basis of the appeal of gross-out comedy in films such asThere's Something About Mary and American Pie? What is the relationship between comedy and narrative, from early silent slapstick to the performance of actors such as Steve Martin and Jim Carrey? How has romantic comedy changed, or remained the same, from the 1930s to today? What happens when comedy is put to more serious ends in satire ranging from works produced under communism in Eastern Europe and Cuba to Hollywood features such asBullworth and Wag the Dog? To what extent is comedy nation-specific? And what is the role of comic relief in Hollywood action movies and black comedy such asAmerican Psycho and Man Bites Dog.

Biografía del autor:

Geoff King is lecturer in film and television Studies at Brunel University, London. He is the co-author with Tanya Krzywinska ofScience Fiction Cinema: From Outerspace to Cyberspace.

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• Verlag: Wallflower Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1903364361
• ISBN 13: 9781903364369
• Einband: Tapa dura