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‘Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?’ a quirky love letter to Noam Chomsky and old-fashioned animation
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? Written and directed by Michel Gondry USA, 2013 On first blush, a so-called “animated conversation” between a documentary filmmaker and the esteemed linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky seems to exist solely so people can raise their eyebrows, perplexed. But then, when you realize that the filmmaker is Michel […] More
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BFI London Film Festival 2013: ‘The Zero Theorem’ a cacophonous, incoherent dirge from Terry Gilliam
In 1983, the final Monty Python film, The Meaning Of Life, was released with a rather ambitious title and intent to discover, well, the meaning of life. Thirty years later, and Terry Gilliam returns to these enterprising realms with his new film The Zero Theorem, a codex volcanic in enthusiasm yet insipid at its core. Terry does good press: he barks an intriguing sound bite, citing that his latest ode to chaos is an “impossible look at nothing,” which is certain to prick the interest of existentialists everywhere. More
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‘A Liar’s Autobiography’, the Monty Python sort-of reunion, now has a trailer
Monty Python is a name that continues to ring synonymous with sketch comedy, long after members of the troupe have died, retired, or moved on to other careers. Before his death, a member of the group, Graham Chapman, wrote a fake memoir titled A Liar’s Autobiography (Volume VI). Last year, news emerged that an animated […] More
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TJFF 2012 Roundup: The good, the bad, and the ugly
With the 20th Toronto Jewish Film Festival now behind us, it’s time to look back at all the films screened and determine which were the good, the bad, or the ugly. The Good OSS 117: Lost in Rio The most complimentary thing you can say about Michel Hazanavicius is something everyone acknowledged after his Oscar-winning […] More
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TJFF 2012: ‘Hitler: The Comedy Years’ shows us why we still like to take the piss out of ol’ Adolf
Hitler: The Comedy Years Jacques Peretti UK, 2007 In 1939, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain asked the BBC to gather their best comedy writers to create satirical caricatures to delegitimize and discompose Germany’s leader, Adolf Hitler. With a diminutive stature, ludicrous hair and a literal comedic moustache, Hitler became instant ‘comedy gold’, and in Hitler: […] More
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TJFF 2012: ‘This Is Sodom’ is everything the name suggests
This Is Sodom Directed by Adam Sanderson and Muli Segev Written by Muli Segev, David Lifshitz and Asaf Shalmon Israel, 2010 At an arranged marriage, a Rabbi tries to break the ice by telling a joke. “Why was the first man the happiest?” he asks. No one answers. “Because he didn’t have a mother-in-law!” No […] More
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Members of Monty Python Reunite for 3D Animated Feature Based on Chapman’s Book
London-based distributor Trinity announced that they will be distributing A Liar’s Autobiography, a film based on the outlandish book by Monty Python’s Graham Chapman, who died in 1989, in UK cinemas in Spring 2012. They are also co-financiers of the production, which reunites members of the Monty Python team with the exception of Eric […] More