Dark Humor in Films of the 1960s
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jun 12, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781137564207
Description: "Dark humor in films of the 1960s presents six detailed chapters on various topics that relate to genre cinema, concentrating on films and filmmakers whose films offered wide ranging commentary on popular culture. Covering both little and well-known films and filmmakers (Vanishing point, Marcel Hanoun, It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world, Max Ophüls), Dixon's writings draw on a multitude of critical, historical, and archival sources to capture the reader's attention from start to finish." -- back cover.