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Post by Sprague Dawley on Dec 4, 2020 11:25:58 GMT
 This thing is a colossal WFT. Jerry Lewis AS Jerry Lewis is the straight man who gets kidnapped by wannabe comedian Robert de Niro? WFTTTT.
Ended up changing channel 20 times yet still coming back to it mainly just to rubberneck at the mental premise of the thing.
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Post by sukebegg on Dec 5, 2020 9:13:05 GMT
Yeah, I saw it in the theater and rewatched it somewhat recently. I dunno...Marty was just getting started really and it just seemed a "quirky" comedy. I think Eating Raoul came out in 1982 and you had stuff like John Waters floating around, so it just seemed like a mainstreaming of those kind of over-the-top plots. Also, an interesting counterpoint to Taxi Driver. A "NY comedy" that is similar to his next one, After Hours ~ seen it?
This scene is notable for two reasons - Here's a hint to one:
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Post by fuckface on Dec 6, 2020 3:38:49 GMT
Yeah, I saw it in the theater and rewatched it somewhat recently. I dunno...Marty was just getting started really and it just seemed a "quirky" comedy. I think Eating Raoul came out in 1982 and you had stuff like John Waters floating around, so it just seemed like a mainstreaming of those kind of over-the-top plots. Also, an interesting counterpoint to Taxi Driver. A "NY comedy" that is similar to his next one, After Hours ~ seen it? saw it at the cinema when it was released too and agree that it just seemed like an interesting slightly subversive quirky comedy in comparison to other stuff coming out around that time or a bit before. seen mike leigh's naked? |
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Post by fuckface on Dec 6, 2020 3:42:33 GMT
'after hours' completely passed me by somehow. gonna have to seek it out.
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Post by sukebegg on Dec 6, 2020 11:41:05 GMT
Loved "Naked" but it was a bit later...
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Post by fuckface on Dec 8, 2020 2:36:15 GMT
...a mere decade
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Post by beta on Sept 28, 2022 17:34:30 GMT
This thing is a colossal WFT. Jerry Lewis AS Jerry Lewis is the straight man who gets kidnapped by wannabe comedian Robert de Niro? WFTTTT.
Ended up changing channel 20 times yet still coming back to it mainly just to rubberneck at the mental premise of the thing.
89% on RT but in 1983 this mustve been looked at as flat-out fucking spaceman material. Yeah, I live in outer space. This review is pretty damn much what I would try to write, but could never finish without a segue or twelve. I think it's probably best to be a bit stoned when watching this film. I probably should have mentioned that. |
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Oct 8, 2022 1:16:13 GMT
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Post by Ladyfingers on Oct 11, 2022 10:41:35 GMT
This is brilliant but hard to endure. I can't see how it's a "comedy" at all, even if it is a satire. Brutally cringe-inducing.
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Post by beta on Oct 15, 2022 4:29:06 GMT
This is brilliant but hard to endure. I can't see how it's a "comedy" at all, even if it is a satire. Brutally cringe-inducing. I recommended it. I think it is somewhat important in that it shows how long before "reality television" became a thing there was a film that showed how humourless, self-important people ruin everything, even satire. Jerry Lewis sort of hard an impossible part, in my opinion. Also, RD is pretty good in it. I admire his acting ability. SB is superb. She makes the film really hard to watch, as she shows how terrible television really was then, and could be now but I don't watch enough of it to be certain.I don't watch films to be entertained so much as have something to think about. This film gave me a lot to think about for a long, long time. |
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Post by Ladyfingers on Oct 16, 2022 23:47:09 GMT
This is brilliant but hard to endure. I can't see how it's a "comedy" at all, even if it is a satire. Brutally cringe-inducing. I recommended it. I think it is somewhat important in that it shows how long before "reality television" became a thing there was a film that showed how humourless, self-important people ruin everything, even satire. Jerry Lewis sort of hard an impossible part, in my opinion. Also, RD is pretty good in it. I admire his acting ability. SB is superb. She makes the film really hard to watch, as she shows how terrible television really was then, and could be now but I don't watch enough of it to be certain.I don't watch films to be entertained so much as have something to think about. This film gave me a lot to think about for a long, long time. I have no criticism of it at all, it's excellent.
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