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Duck Soup: BFI Film Classics

Autor J. Hoberman
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 oct 2021
The Marx Brothers are universally considered to be classic Hollywood's preeminent comedy team and Duck Soup is generally regarded as their quintessential film. A topical satire of dictatorship and government in general, the movie was a critical failure and box-office let-down on its initial release in 1933.

J. Hoberman's study of the film traces its reputation history, from the initial disappointment of its release, to its rise to cult status in the 1960s when the Marx's anarchic, anti-establishment humor seemed again timely. Hoberman places Duck Soup, alongside analogous comedies-Dr. Strangelove (1964), the Beatles films, Morgan! (1966), The President's Analyst (1967) and The Producers (1968). It attained canonical stature as a touchstone for Woody Allen and would be recognized by the Library of Congress in the 1990s.

Hoberman's analysis provides a historical and political context as well as an in-depth production history, drawing on primary sources and emphasizing director McCarey's prior work along with the Marx Brothers as well as the situation at Paramount, a substantial synopsis, and an account of the movie's initial reception, concluding with its subsequent elevation to comic masterpiece.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781839022258
ISBN-10: 1839022256
Pagini: 104
Ilustrații: 40 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 134 x 188 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția British Film Institute
Seria BFI Film Classics

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1.My True Confession
2.Serious Marxian Attributes
3.Making Duck Soup
4. The Movie
5."Absurd Without Being Funny"
6."Je suis marxiste, tendance Groucho"
7.Who Are You Going to Believe-Me or Your Own Eyes?
Notes
Credits
Bibliography

Recenzii

A lively, personal, but also extremely informative and well-researched study of a Marx Brothers classic.