Dark Humor in Films of the 1960s [Hardcover]

Focusing on dark or black comedy films in the US and the UK, Wheeler Winston Dixon provides a comprehensive overview of a variety of films and filmmakers (Vanishing Point, Marcel Hanoun), whose work has largely been ignored, but whose influence and importance is clearly present.1. Dark Humor in Films of the 1960s 2. A Cinema of Violence: The Films of D. Ross Lederman 3. Juan Orol, Phantom of the Mexican Cinema 4. Missing in Action: The Lost Version of Vanishing 5. The Invisible Cinema of Marcel Hanoun 6. The Noir Vision of Max Ophls, Romantic Fatalist

Dixon is a first-rate film scholar, critic, and historian, and the qualities he has cultivated and refined over the years are evident in everything from the clarity, lucidity, and liveliness of his prose to the accuracy of his research, the force of his arguments, and the perspicuity of his judgments. David Sterritt, Chair, National Society of Film Critics

The Dixon dynamo's done it again. In a swift and assured push, he opens doors to the sights, sounds - and smells - of the other world cinematic story. He peels back eyelids for us to see one built not only on the backs of the Griffiths, Hitchcocks, Bunuels, and Truffauts, but on the extraordinary creativity of those pushed into penumbric shadows; those cineastes like Max Oph?ls, Juan Orol, Marcel Hanoun, and D. Ross Lederman who dared to bend minds and expectations at any cost. We have our world cinematic critic and he's invited us to strap ourselves for a journey to the chaotic dark side of world cinematic history. As with Kubrick's Major T.J. 'King' Kong, with Dixon you're in for a hell of a ride! - Frederick Luis Aldama, Arts and Humanities Distinguished University Professor, The Ohio State University, USA and author of The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez

Wheeler Winston Dixon's new collection of essays, Dark Humor in Films of the 1960s, offers even more than its title promises. To be sure, its opening essay presents l£Ñ