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03798aam a2200361 i 4500 001 223E1B16FE5E11E2B6A414D3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130806010419 008 121114s2013 miua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2012040676 020 $a 0814335136 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780814335130 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)813948994 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d IG# $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d UKMGB $d BWX $d IOG $d COO $d OCLCQ $d MUU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN1995.9.L39 $b L37 2013 082 00 $a 791.43/617 $2 23 245 04 $a The last laugh : $b strange humors of cinema / $c edited by Murray Pomerance. 264 1 $a Detroit : $b Wayne State University Press, $c [2013] 300 $a xi, 244 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Contemporary approaches to film and media 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index. 520 $a "For critics, fans, and scholars of drama and film, the laugh has traditionally been tied to comedy, indicating and expressing mirth, witty relief, joyous celebration, or arch and sarcastic parody. But strange, dark laughter that illuminates non-comedic, unfunny situations gets much less attention. In The Last Laugh: Strange Humors of Cinema, editor Murray Pomerance has assembled contributions from thirteen estimable scholars that address the strange laughter of cinema from varying intellectual perspectives and a wide range of sources. Contributors consider unusual humors in a variety of filmic settings, from the chilling unheard laughter of silent cinema to the ribald and mortal laughter in the work of Orson Welles; the vagaries and nuances of laughter in film noir to the eccentric laughter of science fiction. Essays also look at laughter in many different applications, from the subtle, underlying wit of the thriller Don't Look Now to the deeply provocative humor of experimental film and the unpredictable, shadowy, insightful, and stunning laughter in such films as Black Swan, Henry Fool, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Kiss of Death, The Dark Knight, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence. The accessibly written, unique essays in The Last Laugh bring a new understanding to the delicate balance, unsettled tensions, and fragility of human affairs depicted by strange humor in film. For scholars of film and readers who love cinema, these essays will be rich and playful inspiration."--Publisher's website. 505 0 $a Introduction: the great corrective / Murray Pomerance -- Laughing silently / Matthew Solomon -- Wellesian laughter / James Morrison -- Jerry made his day / Jean-Michel Frodon -- Noir at play / Thomas Leitch -- "So bad it's good": critical humor in science fiction cinema / Christine Cornea -- Wrenching departures: mortality and absurdity in avant-garde film / David Sterritt -- Time's timing and the threat of laughter in Nicolas Roeg's Don't look now / George Toles -- The gangster giggles / Murray Pomerance -- If only they had meant to make a comedy: laughing at Black swan / Adrienne L. McLean -- Foolish bum, funny shit: scatological humor in Hal Hartley's not-so-comedic Henry Fool / David Martin-Jones -- Homeric laughter in The treasure of the Sierra Madre / R. Barton Palmer -- "Why so serious?": battling the comic in The dark knight / Dominic Lennard -- The laughter of robots / Linda Ruth Williams. 650 0 $a Laughter in motion pictures. 650 0 $a Wit and humor in motion pictures. 700 1 $a Pomerance, Murray, $d 1946- $e editor of compilation. 830 0 $a Contemporary approaches to film and media series. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220602012140.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171230052218.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140917011040.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=223E1B16FE5E11E2B6A414D3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search