Comedy Incarnate
Buster Keaton, Physical Humor, and Bodily Coping
Samenvatting
In
Comedy Incarnate, Noël Carroll surveys the characteristics of Buster Keaton s unique visual style, to reveal the distinctive experience of watching Keaton s films.
Bold and provocative thesis written by one of America s foremost film theorists
Takes a unique look at the philosophies behind Keaton s style
Weighs visual elements over narrative form in the analysis of the Keaton s work
Provides a fresh vantage point for analysis of film and comedy itself
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Introduction: The Phenomenological Background.</p>
<p>1. Themes in The General.</p>
<p>2. Style in The General.</p>
<p>3. Keaton, Chaplin, Lloyd, and Langdon.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>Appendix: Narration in Keaton′s The General.</p>
<p>Index</p>