From Chaplin’s tramp to the Bathing Beauties, from madcap chases to skyscraper perils, slapstick comedy supplied many of the most enduring icons of American cinema in the silent era. This collection of fourteen essays by prominent film scholars challenges longstanding critical dogma and offers new conceptual frameworks for thinking about silent comedy’s place in film history and American culture. The contributors discuss a broad range of topics including the contested theatrical or cinematic origins of slapstick; the comic spectacle of crazy technology and trick stunts; the filmmakers who shaped the style of early slapstick; and comedy’s implications for theories of film form and spectatorship. This volume is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the origins and continued importance of a film genre at the heart of American cinema from its earliest days to today.
Rob King & Tom Paulus
Slapstick Comedy [PDF ebook]
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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 288 ● ISBN 9781135966232 ● Redaktör Rob King & Tom Paulus ● Utgivare Taylor and Francis ● Publicerad 2010 ● Nedladdningsbara 3 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 4493448 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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