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- Book Title
- Comedy/Cinema/Theory
- Publication Name
- Comedy/Cinema/Theory
- Title
- Comedy/Cinema/Theory
- Contributor
- Andrew Horton (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0520070402
- EAN
- 9780520070400
- ISBN
- 9780520070400
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Genre
- Performing Arts
- Release Year
- 1991
- Release Date
- 03/09/1991
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1991
- Topic
- Film / General, Film / Genres / Comedy
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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The nature of comedy has interested many thinkers, from Plato to Freud, but film comedy has not received much theoretical attention in recent years. The essays in Comedy/Cinema/Theory use a range of critical and theoretical approaches to explore this curious and fascinating subject. The result is a stimulating, informative book for anyone interested in film, humor, and the art of bringing the two together. Comedy remains a central human preoccupation, despite the vagaries in form that it has assumed over the centuries in different media. In his introduction, Horton surveys the history of the study of comedy, from Aristophanes to the present, and he also offers a perspective on other related comic forms: printed fiction, comic books, TV sitcoms, jokes and gags. Some essays in the collection focus on general issues concerning comedy and cinema. In lively (and often humorous) prose, such scholars as Lucy Fischer, Noel Carroll, Peter Lehman, and Brian Henderson employ feminist, post-Freudian, neo-Marxist, and Bakhtinian methodologies. The remaining essays bring theoretical considerations to bear on specific works and comic filmmakers. Peter Brunette, William Paul, Scott Bukatman, Dana Polan, Charles Eidsvik, Ruth Perlmutter, Stephen Mamber, and Andrew Horton provide different perspectives for analyzing The Three Stooges, Chaplin, Jerry Lewis, Woody Allen, Dusan Makavejev, and Alfred Hitchcock's sole comedy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith , as well as the peculiar genre of cynical humor from Eastern Europe. As editor Horton notes, an over-arching theory of film comedy does not emanate from these essays. Yet the diversity and originality of the contributions reflect vital and growing interest in the subject, and both students of film and general moviegoers will relish the results.
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520070402
ISBN-13
9780520070400
eBay Product ID (ePID)
835415
Product Key Features
Book Title
Comedy/Cinema/Theory
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Film / General, Film / Genres / Comedy
Publication Year
1991
Genre
Performing Arts
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn1995.9.C55
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Andrew Horton Problematics of Film Comedy Notes on the Sight Gag Noel Carroll Penis-size Jokes and Their Relation to Hollywood's Unconscious Peter Lehman Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child: Comedy and Matricide Lucy Fischer In Search of Radical Metacinema Stephen Mamber Mock Reallsm: The Comedy of Futility in Eastern Europe Charles Eidsvik Comic Occasions Charles Chaplin and the Annals of Anality William Paul The Light Side of Genius: Hitchcock's Mr. and Mrs. Smith in the Screwball Tradition Dana Polan Cartoon and Narrative in the Films of Frank Tashlin and Preston Sturges Brian Henderson The Three Stooges and the (Anti-)Narratlve of Violence: De(con)structive Comedy Peter Brunette Paralysis in Motion: Jerry Lewis's Life as a Man Scott Bukatman Woody Allen's Zelig: An American Jewish Parody Ruth Perlmutter The Mouse Who Wanted to F-k a Cow: Cinematic Carnival Laughter In Dusan Makavejev's Films Andrew Horton Selected Bibliography and Works Cited Contributors Index
Copyright Date
1991
Lccn
90-042213
Illustrated
Yes
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