ISSN 1712-9559
Keyword : Comedy
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An appreciation of one of the greatest comedy teams of all time, the Three Stooges, detailing their long career and influence on future generations of comedians.
2.
Can a film be a serious, violent police drama, and be funny? At time very funny.
3.
An analysis of how Jacques Tati contrasts the modern and the vernacular in architecture to sculpt social satire.
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An updating of Henri Bergson's theory of comedy, which argues that it makes the theory a better fit to contemporary film comedy.
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The coming together of two great minds on film comedy, Arthur Koestler takes on Henri Bergson.
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A detailed application of philosopher Henri Bergson's comic theory on Jacques Tati's masterpiece, Les vacances du Mr. Hulot. Be forewarned: some of this will not be funny!
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A book review of two recent studies of film comedy, Hollywood Romantic Comedy: States of the Union 1934-65 by Katharina Glitre and Tears of Laughter: Comedy-drama in 1990s British cinema by Nigel Mather.
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Why were Americans seemingly more ready to accept Borat than Bruno (at least as the box-office showed)? Is an aggressive gay man who pokes fun at America just too hot to handle?
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Jacques Tati's comic world, and comic philosophy, as expressed through the world of microcosm and 'democratic' film style..
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Garrett discusses what he sees as a change (largely for the better) in male intimacy in a group of recent male buddy films.
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An analysis of some factors that continue to make Chaplin such an enduring comedian.
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Review of the Severin Films DVD release of the sequel to Screwballs, Loose Screws: Screwballs 2.
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A review of the Severin Films DVD release of Screwballs, which they refer to as the "Citizen Kane of high school sex comedy!"
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Relying on secondary sources and an in-depth formal analysis, author Richard Wallace takes a plunge into defining the ineffable: the Lubitsch Touch.
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A close textual analysis of Elie Suleiman’s Chronicle of a Disappearance which demonstrates how the director's understanding of form informs the complex political landscape of the everyday Palestinian experience.
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An in-depth analysis of David Lynch's animated series Dumbland that convincingly argues for its likeness to Dadiast art and Absurdist drama.
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Review essay of Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World which concentrates on issues of National and cultural identity.
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A review essay of Maddin's most recent docu-short on Roberto Rossellini.
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A comparative analysis of social/political meaning in Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant and Busby Berkeley and Mervyn Le Roy's Golddiggers of 1933.
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