Comedy incarnate : Buster Keaton, physical humor, and bodily coping / Noël Carroll.
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TextPublisher: Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Pub., 2007Description: 1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470754931; 0470754931; 9781405171885; 140517188X; 1280748931; 9781280748936Subject(s): Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966 -- Criticism and interpretation | General (Motion picture : 1927) | Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966 | Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966 | General (Motion picture : 1927) | PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & CriticismGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Criticism, interpretation, etc.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Comedy incarnate.DDC classification: 791.43/72 LOC classification: PN2287.K4 | C37 2007ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library Summary: "Comedy Incarnate" explores the intricacies of Buster Keaton's unique visual style to discover what provokes laughter in his timeless films, paying special attention to "The General". Keaton's precise body comedy, coupled with his unconventional directorial decisions, suggests a new way of analyzing the film in terms of its visual elements as opposed to its narrative. Written by one of America's foremost film theorists, this in-depth examination of the comedy of the steam, steel and railroad era will provide a fresh vantage point for analysis of film and comedy itself.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Comedy Incarnate" explores the intricacies of Buster Keaton's unique visual style to discover what provokes laughter in his timeless films, paying special attention to "The General". Keaton's precise body comedy, coupled with his unconventional directorial decisions, suggests a new way of analyzing the film in terms of its visual elements as opposed to its narrative. Written by one of America's foremost film theorists, this in-depth examination of the comedy of the steam, steel and railroad era will provide a fresh vantage point for analysis of film and comedy itself.
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