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unusual facts about black humour



Maciej Zembaty

Despite being considered one of the classics of Polish black humour, he is perhaps best known as a translator and populariser of songs and poems by Leonard Cohen.


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George Baxt

His most notable screenplays include three collaborations with director Sidney Hayers noted for their taut suspense and black humour: Circus of Horrors (1960), the thriller Payroll (1961) from the novel by Derek Bickerton and Night of the Eagle (1962) which he re-wrote following a draft by Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson, though his credit was omitted from the US version which was released as Burn, Witch, Burn.

Mortel Transfert

The critic from Libération applauded the black humour which he felt was reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry and wondered if Beineix could have exploited the comedy element more.