ISBN-13
9780313261848
Publisher
Praeger
Publication Date
30 July 1996
Age Range
NA - NA years
Dimensions
23.88 x 16.00 x 2.24 CM
Shipping Weight
0.53 Kg
Pages
224
Language
English
Grade Level
NA - NA
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.