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	Anarchic comedy film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anarchic comedy is a genre of cinema using nonsensical, stream-of-consciousness humor which often lampoons some form of authority.
		Films of this nature stem from a theatrical history of anarchic comedy on the stage and in street performances.
		Thus, the 1970s became the Golden Age of Anarchic Comedy; as American society spiraled out-of-control and the populace lost faith in the hypocrisies of the government and the church, the general public embraced a style of comedy that wasn't afraid to bite the hand that fed it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anarchic_comedy_film (942 words)

	Business Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts.
		Alternative comedy - a largely British term relating to comedians in the ascendant throughout the 1980s and beyond.
		Improvisational comedy - though not confined to stand-up, it is commonly held in high regard on the stand-up circuit.
	www.bizencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Comedy (263 words)

	Comedy film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A comedy film is a film laced with humor or that may seek to provoke laughter from the audience.
		Along with drama, horror and science fiction, comedy is one of the largest genres of the medium.
		Comedic films began to appear in the era of silent films, prior to the 1930s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comedy_film (283 words)

	Trahair on King/Comedy
		He questions, for example, whether comedy subverts narrative, diminishes the impact of horror, deactivates the political, and so forth, when he makes it very clear at the outset that he doesn't think it is possible to account for comedy in terms of universals.
		An examination of the films in question, he argues, quoting Seidman, reveals that it simply isn't the case that: 'The comic figure 'must be made to conform to cultural values by divesting himself of his creativity, or else face rejection'' (87).
		A film can be a parody of an individual film, a genre of films, the techniques or constraints of the medium, 'non-film specific items' like pop-stars, or even a number of different films, techniques, genres, and conventions at the same time, as is the case in the relatively recent scattershot mode of comedy (108).
	www.film-philosophy.com /vol8-2004/n15trahair (5217 words)

	Articles - Comedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Comedy is the term applied to theatrical dramas the chief object of which are to amuse.
		This is perhaps more especially the case in the so-called "musical comedy," which became popular in Great Britain and America in the later 19th century, where true comedy is frequently subservient to broad farce and spectacular effects.
		kco/ukÃ³s), which strictly means that which relates to comedy*, is in modern usage generally confined to the sense of "laughter-provoking": it is distinguished from "humorous" or "witty" inasmuch as it is applied to an incident or remark which provokes spontaneous laughter without a special mental effort.
	www.storegolf.com /articles/Comedy (781 words)

	Comedy Films
		Comedies usually come in two general formats: comedian-led (with well-timed gags, jokes, or sketches) and situation-comedies that are told within a narrative.
		It was typical of the films of Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, W. Fields, The Three Stooges, the stunts of Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1923), and Mack Sennett's silent era shorts (for example, the Keystone Kops).
		Screwball comedies, a sub-genre of romantic comedy films, was predominant from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s.
	www.filmsite.org /comedyfilms.html (1603 words)

	Film Listings Archive: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Their films have a wonderful sense of immediacy and vibrancy that speaks to the very real and tangible day-to-day quality of life during the revolution.
		With repeated viewings, however, the film begins to take on new meaning for the mesmerized islanders; it transforms before their eyes into a drama in which they, the downtrodden underdogs, rise up against the nasty capitalists, represented by the island's unpopular landowner.
		Mixing melodrama and fl comedy in a manner reminiscent of Pedro Almodóvar, the film traces the ups and downs of a love affair between two people who have adopted false personae in order to escape the mundane reality of their lives.
	www.cinematheque.bc.ca /archives/ja98cuba.html (4297 words)

	Comedy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Comedy is the use of ((Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state) humour in the (Arts or skills that require public performance) performing arts.
		(Click link for more info and facts about Improvisational comedy) Improvisational comedy - though not confined to stand-up, it is commonly held in high regard on the stand-up circuit.
		(A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations) Farce - most often thought of as theatrical, but has been adapted for other media.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /Encyclopedia/C/Co/Comedy.htm (911 words)

	Asian Film Foundation
		There is a basic problem with the tone of the film, which runs from adrenaline-pounding scenes of combat (some of the slickest fight scenes ever filmed) to punchy, anarchic comedy.
		After the entire film has gone towards the notion that in domestic life Mantis might be able to feel the kind of emotions she has been denied for many years.
		This is a film that, unfortunately, can't decide whether it's a commentary or a comedy.
	www.asianfilm.org /modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=77 (613 words)

	E! Online - Features - Film School - "Comedy 101" - Class Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Part of the film's charm is that the debauchery, tomfoolery and general collegiate hijinks seem like good-natured fun during the innocent times before Kennedy's assassination, the Vietnam War and the Summer of Love.
		John Landis, the film's director, dropped out of school when he was 17 to work in the mailroom at 20th Century Fox, where he got a hands-on education in the movie business.
		His first film, the low-budget Schlock (1971), was a cult success, which led to a job with Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Brothers to direct The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977).
	www.eonline.com /Features/Live/Filmschool2000/notes.html (372 words)

	Film History of the 1980s
		The rest of the sequels in the 80s (and stretching on) were endless vulgar, teen-oriented imitators, sci-fi features, family-oriented films, some miscellaneous horror films and comedies of various sorts.
		The sci-fi films and sequels of George Lucas after Star Wars (1977), with Lucas as producer, were Eighties blockbusters: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (the second in six planned installments of the original Star Wars saga) and Return of the Jedi (1983).
		Although not the third film in the series, DeVito (as director), Turner, and Douglas were re-teamed in the failed fl comedy The War of the Roses (1989).
	www.filmsite.org /80sintro3.html (1873 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: The Knack... And How to Get it (Widescreen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This film is not to be missed by those who love the 1960s and the films made during that decade.
		The film shifts between broad slapstick and avant-garde as it tells the story of an unlucky in love schoolteacher, his womanizing housemate, the artist who moves in with them, and a naive girl who has just arrived in London.
		The film is politically incorrect from the first shots of all the identically dressed girls queued up the stairs waiting for their turn in Tolin's (Ray Brooks) room.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000069HZV/dvdhills0e-20 (2055 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Movies: Film Festivals
		Fargo Film Festival - An annual event focusing on historic film and the importance of film preservation.
		Fort Myers Beach Film Festival - Annual event with film screenings, filmmakers' luncheons and two workshops, a gala awards ceremony, concerts, and a children's film festival.
		Tribeca Film Festival - Established in 2002, this is a Spring festival in Lower Manhattan.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Movies/Film_Festivals/full-index.html (6536 words)

	Comic Relief
		Vintage sitcom episodes (Dad's Army, Steptoe And Son and filmed reports from the famine troublespots were also slotted in during the event.
		The evening was rounded off with a screening of the anarchic comedy film The Bed Sitting Room.
		Highlights from the programme were repeated in Comic Relief's Nose At Ten, screened by BBC1 on 31 December 1988.
	www.cannonandball.moonfruit.com /comicrelief (137 words)

	EVERYMAN FILM CLUB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To mark the UK launch of edgy, New York-based Heeb magazine, you are invited to a film festival showcasing only the most provocative of Jewish silver screen entertainment.
		From the surreal anarchy of Groucho Marx to the comic shenanigans of Peter Sellers to the relentless satire of Todd Solondz, The Heeb Film Festival treads the line between the holy and profane, the particular and the universal, the earnest and the irreverent.
		A series of short films will also be screened free of charge throughout the festival in the Everyman’s swanky Upper Lounge.
	www.everymancinema.com /heeb.html (397 words)

	TheatreBooks: Film: Manuals, Dictionaries & Guides
		In this unofficial companion, David McIntee takes us behind the scenes to reveal how the Alien films were developed, what their influences and antecedents were, and how they have continued to develop and influence to this day.
		With over 1300 concise yet astutely observed biographical sketches of the most significant personalities in film history, this book is as intelligent as it is comprehensive as it is entertaining.
		Films festivals are a modern phenomenon; and, to the uninitiated, the film festival circuit can be an intimidating and puzzling array of names and dates from around the world.
	www.theatrebooks.com /film/manuals_diction_guides.html (1629 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Witches of Eastwick (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It's a handsome film with strong performances all around but the mix of anarchic comedy and supernatural horror doesn't always gel and Miller seems to lose the plot in his zeal for cinematic excitement.
		I suppose the director and screenwriters must have read the book on which this film is based, but apparently they then decided to throw it away, as the plot of the film differs fundamentally from the original (and in my view superior) story.
		The film grabs you at the beginning with its culi contento New England sunshine and fresh country air, but ever so slowly it draws you in deeper and deeper into these characters' lives, snaking its way through playful vignettes which reveal just enough to whet your appetite for more info.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0790732262/ref=nosim/topamazonbook-21 (1126 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Widescreen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although it doesn't ruin the series, it creates a ton of plot holes here (of course, since this is a comedy film, it's not THAT important.) Although the film is just as funny as the first one was, this one seems less polished.
		It's obvious that the film makers just made up most of these ideas as they went along, and that they probably had no plans for a sequel initially (the Vanessa scene in the beginning demonstrates this well.) Despite some serious plot problems, this ends up being a good film.
		All of the Austin Powers films are comedy masterpieces, and the second installment in the series demonstrates that well.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00001U0BN/filmfreakcent-20 (1673 words)

	The Man Who Wasn't There - Hip-Hop Film Geek movie review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He narrates the film, and though it's clear that he's not as bright as he thinks he is - the Coens don't seem to be playing down to him.
		But it wasn't the brilliant social satire a la Preston Sturges or anarchic comedy that the Coens are capable of delivering.
		Given the lesser quality of a lot of the films that actually made the cut, their decision is a tad shocking.
	www.hiphopmusic.com /movies/manwhowasnt.html (397 words)

	Film Studies
		As a translator from Turkish into German she has translated novels and co-edited an anthology of contemporary Turkish literature.
		She is co-editor of The German Cinema Book (2002, published by the British Film Institute, co-edited with Tim Bergfelder and Erica Carter).
		She is currently working on a book on "Disguise in Diaspora: Transnational Perspectives on Comedy and Community." She teaches courses on "Transnational Cinemas", "Comedy & Community", "World Cinema/Global Cities", "Nation & Representation".
	filmstudies.berkeley.edu /faculty_bios/gokturk.html (549 words)

	EUFS: Blazing Saddles
		While admittedly this hardly sounds the stuff of great comedy, Brooks takes what is essentially a rather nasty scenario and turns it into infectious, riotous, anarchic comedy.
		In fact, there are a ton of references to race in the film, the Chinese also come in for a bit of stick.
		I wouldn't say that Blazing Saddles is Mel Brooks' finest film, but, in the world of spoof westerns, it certainly must be rated as one of the all-time greats.
	www.eufs.org.uk /films/blazing_saddles.html (530 words)

	FILMMAKER MAGAZINE \| Winter 2003: Shabbat Shalom
		Indeed, The Hebrew Hammer is a cheerfully anarchic comedy that in its wacky creation of a new subgenre, "Jewxploitation," upends every idea of religious correctness.
		The biggest challenge was giving this independent production, shot on 24P HD and transferred to film, the required slickness of much higher-budgeted Hollywood comedies.
		With over 50 speaking parts and dozens of locations, many of which are fantasy environments like Santa’s workshop and a Jewish Justice League, the film is a marvel of economical filmmaking.
	www.filmmakermagazine.com /winter2003/features/shabbat_shalom.html (547 words)

	Kino Film: Tons Of Fun: Comedy's Anarchic Fringe (Slapstick Encyclopedia Vol. 8)
		American silent film comedy is generally remembered a the domain of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd, but by the 1920s, the mental and physical energy of hundreds of bright young men, women, children, and chimpanzees was being focused on slapstick, and an avalanche of nonsense flowed out to theaters every week.
		A zany, pixilated comedy that foreshadowed the heyday of the one-reel cartoon, the live-action Family Life sends up every aspect of American domesticity: automobiles, vacations, pre-fab houses, gang warfare, and natural selection.
		The all-but-forgotten talents of Charley Bowers and Billy Bletcher are commemorated in two of their most sensational and convention-bending comedies: Now You Tell One and Dry and Thirsty.
	www.kino.com /video/item.php?film_id=283 (253 words)

	LFF - Films - Zatoichi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The character Zatoichi, little known in the west (although many of the films are now available on local or import DVDs), was created in 1962 by Shintaro Katsu.
		Blind, he roams late-feudal Japan as a yakuza, working as a masseur and indulging his fondness for gambling, drinking and other minor vices.
		He’s cast his Gohatto co-star Tadanobu Asano as Zatoichi’s opponent, The Stripes as peasant dancers to equal those in Yellow Earth and – hold your breath – himself as Zatoichi.
	www.lff.org.uk /films_details.php?FilmID=287 (241 words)

	Comedy
		Article Publication TimeStamp: 07/11/2005 02:00 AM New Statesman - No laughing matter: good new comedy is hard to find in the US July 26, 2004 -- In America, where I was last week, they take their show business seriously.
		It may be the business side that does it for them, or a nation's pride in...
		The teacher's funeral: a comedy in three parts.
	www.articlesgalore.com /search/Comedy (463 words)

	screenonline: Cole, George (1925-) Biography
		Not only are there 40-odd films, but as well Cole was very fortunate with his TV work: not just
		Anarchic comedy based on Ronald Searle's popular cartoons
		Comedy with two very different schools forced to share a building
	www.screenonline.org.uk /people/id/521069/index.html (436 words)

	The Avengers Forever: Charles Tingwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He was also in the first series of the charming children's comedy Catweazle (1970).
		A very busy actor, appearing in well over 80 films and television series, he has also worked as a television series director and producer.
		Charles Tingwell returned to Australia in the late 70's, and has recently appeared in the anarchic comedy film The Castle (1997) and in the international success, The Dish (2000).
	www.theavengers.tv /forever/pnote-tingwell.htm (410 words)

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