Yeah I met Mel also - together with Anne Bancroft. Nice people. Shame about his films.
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Yeah I met Mel also - together with Anne Bancroft. Nice people. Shame about his films.
High Anxiety and Silent Movie were lesser mentioned films of his. Did you see either of those?Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
I think I saw Silent Movie... but the only one that didn't have me reaching for the off switch (if there were one in the movies) was Young Frankenstein.
Young Frankenstein would be my second favorite to Blazing Saddles. Really enjoyed how he spoofed Westerns no matter how silly or juvenile. I chipped a tooth walking into a parking meter exiting the theater the first time after seeing Blazing Saddles. Was still laughing so much I wasn't paying attention as to what I was doing. Lucky I didn't wander onto the freeway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
Yeah... it's a great feeling when something is funny you literally can't stop laughing. One guy sitting next to me in the theatre a few years back found the play so funny he literally fell off his seat into the aisle. That kind of funny doesn't happen often enough. It's almost better than sex.
My dad was LAPD but had bad judgement in appropriate movies. He loved comedy and heard about these Cheech and Chong fellas but never launched any kind of investigation. He took me to see Next Movie before my voice even changed. When I laugh I really let myself go and my father was embarrassed to have to sit next to a little kid laughing at druggie humor. He kept trying to shush me but nothing worked. My poor father.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
:)...that, and the Andy Capp comic strip makes milk shoot out of his nose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jericho
Gun Hill Road
http://www.movieposter.com/posters/a.../137/MPW-68712
An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.
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Gun Hill Road-Trailer
It is now on Netflix
Gun Hill Road is definitely on my list of films to see; in the meantime I have seen the film
Kinatay (Brillante Mendoza, 2009).
The butchery that takes place in this film may be upsetting for some, but is matter of fact for the criminal gang operating out of Quezon City. Among them a police student with a young wife and child who collects protection money at night for a gang, and is taken on an 'operation' with them without realising what it is until it is too late to back out. There is little dialogue in this brutal, angry film in which the director effectively condemns the lack of integrity in the police forces of Manila/Philippines, and by extension his country. Tightly directed, moody, very tense and worth seeing, even if the message is bleak -but anyone who knows the Philippines will understand why.
Brilliante Mendoza: Kinatay Official Trailer.mpg - YouTube
C'mon Stav, you're not even going to touch any of the previous comments about what you might like in comedy?