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 No.4180

whqt movies made you laugh without using comedian actors
just plain old good writing

 No.4187

I thought Grand Budapest Hotel was very cute.

 No.4202

Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting
The Pope of Greenwich Village

All very good dramas with a light comedic element that is integrated into the story and often pops up unexpectedly. The quality of humor in films like this is light years beyond most pure comedy flicks.

 No.4204

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I saw Brazil only once, long ago with a crowd. But I remember a lot of laughter. I'd say Terry Gilliam often inserts comedy into his films.

How about Alfred Hitchcock's only comedy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith? (I still haven't had a chance to watch it.)

 No.4205

Stairway to Heaven (formerly known as: A Matter of Life and Death)

 No.4211

>>4205
Nice call, that's a fun film. I always wondered why it has two names.

How about Ealing Comedies? I don't know if the stock company of actors count as comedians or not. At any rate serious thespians like David Niven and Alec Guinness were involved.

 No.4214

dr strangelove or:how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

 No.4216

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> just plain old good writing

Okay, two of the most important writer-directors were Preston Sturges and Billy Wilder. Both were very skilled at writing and had a knack for creating funny material. See: Sullivan's Travels, The Apartment.
Regarding Sturges, I wasn't a huge fan of The Lady Eve but I still want to check out The Great McGinty and The Miracle of Morgan Creek (Hayes Code subversion).

 No.4223

>>4211
Just me speculating here but I always assumed it was to avoid confusion with Powell/Pressburger's film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Ealing comedies were great too. The Ladykillers will always be my favourite, closely followed by The Lavender Hill Mob.

 No.4238

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>>4223
Ah yeah, that makes sense.

It's weird I've only confused A Matter of Life and Death with I Know Where I'm Going! because it sounds like a statement about the afterlife ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 No.4486

>>4204

The Trouble With Harry is pretty funny.


 No.4498

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>ctrl+f

>no Lubitsch


 No.4499

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>>4498

Trouble in Paradise bluray when


 No.4502

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 No.4510

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I can't recommend this one enough.


 No.4511

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Humor with subtitles is tricky because important nuance will be inevitably lost in translation. But I'd say this one is still worth watching…if nothing else to experience what a Soviet comedy is like.

Maybe it uses comedian actors, I honestly don't know


 No.4650

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>>4498

>ctrl+f

>no woody allen


 No.4664


 No.4669

>>4664

>woody allen

>pleb

choose one


 No.4688

>>4511

It does use comedian actors, the male lead was a well-known comic in Soviet Union.


 No.4704

>>4510

I'm really gonna rec this again. Fantastic film.


 No.4705

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 No.4730

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 No.4860

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Bertrand Blier made unique comedies in France.

I need to see more of them, but Calmos is pretty good along with his work starring Depardieu.


 No.4875

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 No.5161

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I like to watch older comedies that violate the taboos of today. If an old movie could not be made again because of its objectionable content, I want to see it.

Bad New Bears includes a lot of irresponsible behavior such as kids drinking beer. In the remake, the kids drink … non-alcoholic beer.

Candy is another one that might not fly today – it's probably too rapey. But if you like Terry Southern you should check it out. It's full of cameos.


 No.5162

>>4187

jesus fucking christ

>>4202

winner!

2/3 aint bad.

>>4214


 No.5170

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Devils at the Doorstep (2000) by Jiang Wen

Very cleverly written and well acted from beggining to end.


 No.5172

>>5170

Cool, that's been on my watchlist for a while. I noticed a thread about it in the catalog but very little discussion.


 No.5173

>>5172

You should totally see it. I don't want to spoil anything but this film is full of surprises.


 No.5184

>>5173

Full of surprises, huh. That's my kind of movie. I'm glad you reminded me about it. :)


 No.5188

>>5184

You're welcome :)


 No.5412


 No.5480

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>>4669

wow, i am disgusted


 No.5549

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>>4202

Trainspotting is on this week's list.

This Saturday, 2015/09/05 at 2025 UTC (1:25 pm Pacific, 4:25 pm Eastern), I will screen:

Pre-Show and Bonus Feature

• 1900 Themed music starts

• 2025 Half Baked

Main Features

• 2200 Easy Rider (1969)

• 2345 Trainspotting

• 0132 Withnail And I

• 0332 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

• 0542 Bird

Encore Presentations

• 0834 Easy Rider (1969)

• 1020 Trainspotting

• 1206 Withnail And I

• 1407 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1601 Program Ends

including 15 minute breaks between all films. All credits will run completely, but at three to five times the normal speed.

Bird is not being repeated due to being rather long. It is placed last so that those interested can catch it at one end or the other of the sequence.

Where:

http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2

When:

Saturday, 2015/09/05 at 2025 UTC (1:25 pm Pacific, 4:25 pm Eastern), though the themed music will start at 1900 (noon Pacific, 3 pm Eastern).

Why:

Drugs have been part of the human experience forever, as they will remain, for both good and ill.

Filling the chat with MST3K-style riffing and snarking about the films is not only allowed, it is expected.

The official thread can be found here: >>>/nacht/107


 No.5602

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Here are the movies I have on my short list currently, in alphabetical order:

• Beavis and Butt-head Do America

• The Blues Brothers

• Borat

• Cannonball Run

• Dumb and Dumber

• Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

• It Happened One Night (1934)

• Little Miss Sunshine

• Lolita (1997)

• The Motorcycle Diaries

• National Lampoon's Vacation

• Nebraska

• Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles

• Rain Man

• Rat Race

• Road Trip

• Sideways

• Smokey and the Bandit

• Thelma and Louise

• Tommy Boy

• Two Lane Blacktop

The thread for voting or nominating (write-ins are welcome) is >>>/nacht/116 and voting closes at 0700 UTC on Thursday (midnight Pacific, 3 am Eastern).


 No.5618

>>5602

Voting is now closed.

This Saturday, 2015/09/12 at 2200 UTC (3 pm Pacific, 6 pm Eastern), I will screen:

Main Features

• 2200 It Happened One Night (1934)

• 0000 Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

• 0149 The Blues Brothers (1980)

• 0428 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

• 0559 Borat (2006)

Encore Presentations

• 0736 It Happened One Night (1934)

• 0936 Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

• 1126 The Blues Brothers (1980)

• 1404 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

• 1535 Borat (2006)

1700 Program Ends

including 15 minute breaks between all films. All credits will run completely, but at greater speed to trim off about one to four minutes per film.

Where:

http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2

When:

Saturday, 2015/09/12 at 2200 UTC (3 pm Pacific, 6 pm Eastern), though the themed music will start an hour and a half before that.

Filling the chat with MST3K-style riffing and snarking about the films is not only allowed, it is expected.


 No.5628

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>>5618

I'm awake and running music. Themed music in two hours, which lasts 90 minutes.


 No.5630

>>5618

All Encore Presentations have been cancelled due to zero logged-in viewers (other than me) to talk to. Sorry Europe, I tried. I gave it six or seven tries, in fact. It just isn't drawing enough people for me to justify it any longer.

Due to utterly disappointing turnout and a lack of chatter, I am cutting back to one Movie Night every two weeks as well. If the next one is similarly unpopular, I'll go to once every three or four weeks.


 No.5750

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This Saturday, 2015/09/26 at 2020 UTC (1:20 pm Pacific, 4:20 pm Eastern), I will screen:

Special Feature

      • 2020 Antfarm Dickhole

Main Features

      • 2200 Santa Sangre

      • 0018 Gummo

      • 0202 A Serbian Film

      • 0356 Beyond the Darkness

      • 0545 I Spit On Your Grave (2010)

-=Program Ends 0734=-

including 15 minute breaks between all films. Credits and pre-movie splash screens will no longer be edited.

Where:

http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2

When:

Saturday, Saturday, 2015/09/26 at 2020 UTC (1:20 pm Pacific, 4:20 pm Eastern), though themed music will start at 1900 UTC (noon Pacific, 3 pm Eastern).

Filling the chat with MST3K-style riffing and snarking about the films is not only allowed, it is expected.

The official thread can be found here: >>>/nacht/129


 No.5963

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This Saturday, 2015/10/17 at 2100 UTC (2 pm Pacific, 5 pm Eastern), I will screen:

• 2100 The Crazies (1973)

• 2258 The Human Centipede (2009)

• 0041 Young Frankenstein (1974)

-=Program Ends 0227=-

including 15 minute breaks between all films.

Where:

http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2

When:

Saturday, 2015/10/17 at 2100 UTC (2 pm Pacific, 5 pm Eastern), though the music will start two hours prior to this.

Why:

This is just the opening act for >>>/grim/ and their Hammer Horror presentation. You are highly encouraged to join them after we're done here.

Filling the chat with MST3K-style riffing and snarking about the films is not only allowed, it is expected.

Official threads at >>>/nacht/184 and >>>/grim/320

This is the >>>/grim/ announced line-up (with 15 minute breaks included):

Streams at: http://connectcast.tv/n1x_

1950's Sci-Fi: 10/16/15

(no /nacht/ opener)

The Thing From Another World - 20:00 PST (UTC 03:00)

Invasion of The Body Snatchers - 21:45 PST (UTC 04:45)

Plan 9 From Outer Space - 23:20 PST (UTC 06:20)

Hammer Horror: 10/17/15

This is the show /nacht/ is opening for.

Horror of Dracula - 20:00 PST (03:00)

The Curse of Frankenstein - 21:40 PST (UTC 04:40)

The Plague of the Zombies - 23:15 PST (UTC -06:15)


 No.5965

shouldn't there be a different thread for streams?

this thread has gone pretty far off topic


 No.5972

>>5965

It started as an attempt to post to an on-topic thread, with a movie night announcement I have since deleted (for being out of date), but that involved at least some movies that fit the requested topic.

Not long before that, I had received a request from what I presume to be the board owner, asking me to keep these announcements to a single thread in order to not push other traffic off the board.

How am I supposed to reconcile the conflicting interests here? You don't want new threads for stream announcements, yet you also don't want the thread to drift off topic. Since I don't run the same theme or the same type of films all the time, I don't see any way I can honor both conditions simultaneously.


 No.5973

>>5972

Well, just start a thread for streams and post there (next time). It works better to add to a stream thread than this one.


 No.6007

>>5963

I will run They Live, starting 15 minutes after the end of Plan 9 From Outer Space, over at:

http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2

This is in addition to tomorrow's warm-up show.


 No.6017

>>5963

30 minutes until the first movie starts, meatbags!


 No.6022

>>4205

A Matter of Life and Death is absolutely sex.


 No.6023

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Miquette et sa mere is like watching a funny play. The actors play it big. But I just read that

> Audiences at the time favored Claude Autant-Lara’s superior Feydeau adaptation Occupe-toi d’Amelie!

so that's worth a look too. The title sounds like an inspiration for OP's film don't you think?




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