Dark Comedies of the 1970s: Twelve Pivotal American Films

by WesD.Gehring (Author)

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  Paperback
  2016

  $31.90

  This examination of dark comedies of the 1970s focuses on films which concealed black humour behind a misleading genre label. The book covers 12 essential films, including Harold and Maude (1971), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Being There (1979). These films reveal a compounding complexity that reinforces the absurdity at the heart of dark comedy.