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Like Anna Karina's Sweater: Have you heard the one about the magician and the comedian who decided to make a film. . .? Contrary to what Filmbrain had heard, the film is not simply a series of variations on The Aristocrats, but rather a history and analysis of the joke, as told by a cast of about a hundred. The second problem with the film is that like The Aristocrats joke itself (which for the most part was just shared between comics), it's a bit too inside-y. That's true, but the vast majority of the comedians in the film did not, and that's the actual point of sex-jokes and, particularly, what I think the intended point of this particular joke was. www.filmbrain.com /filmbrain/2005/07/have_you_heard_.html

Aspen Times News for Aspen Colorado - Arts and Entertainment Mead's friend and fellow magician Penn Jillette, the producer of "The Aristocrats," was telling Mead about the film, which features the comedians all telling the same dirty joke. Mead says the reason the film works so well is the variety of ways the joke is told. But perhaps the most familiar face for Aspen area residents is that of one of the lesser-known actors in "The Aristocrats": Snowmass Village magician Eric Mead. www.aspentimes.com /article/20050209/AE/102090006

Films and Videos on Tibet To submit a film or video about Tibet to be included in this list, please e-mail to info@tibet.com the following information: (I saw this film listed in the newspaper scheduled for a program called "Nature." However, at the allotted time it wasn't on so I don't have any information about it.ATG) From Larry King at C.N.N. to the private offices of Newt Gingrich to a Jewish Seder held at the house where the U.S. Civil Rights Act was signed, we see him moving tirelessly on his campaign for the Tibetan people¹s right to self-determination. www.tibet.com /films.html   (9604 words)

French culture cinema: Sade, by Benoit Jacquot Benoît Jacquot's film Sade (1999) is a provocative historical drama set during the French Revolution, starring Daniel Auteuil as the notorious Marquis de Sade. Avoiding the pitfalls of the biographical film that skims over many decades, Jacquot instead concentrates on a relatively small period of Sade's life: his imprisonment by the Jacobins during the French Revolution and his near-brush with the fickle guillotine. Sumptuously photographed, this film is a feast for the eye and a provocative look at one of history's most misunderstood thinkers." www.frenchculture.org /cinema/releases/jacquot/sade.html   (672 words)

English 458: Contemporary British Film and Culture Much of the energy and vitality found in contemporary British film has to do with the way it relentlessly overturns stereotypes of England as a quaint land filled with stuffy, mannered aristocrats meandering about the gardens of their ancestral manor houses. British film, however, has undergone a rebirth of sorts in the 1980s and 90s. These will likely be: summaries of articles about British films, definitions of terms important to the course, or brief career synopses of some important British directors. www.english.ccsu.edu /hegglund/458   (970 words)

Sade (2000): Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Gregoire Colin - PopMatters Film Review The film further complicates this conflict by depicting the changing relations of the French church and state in the changeover from aristocratic to republican rule. Sade draws attention to a number of theoretical postulates and historical conditions that should temper any understandings of the Marquis, and for this I generally applaud the film. Of course, Sade goes to great lengths to establish how in these chaotic times, and with relations between church officials, decadent aristocrats and upright republicans anything but certain the one thing they could all seem to agree on was the "evil" of the Marquis. popmatters.com /film/reviews/s/sade.shtml   (979 words)

OnWisconsin Live Movies: Sade Now in his 50s, de Sade's negotiated his way out of the crude St.-Lazare prison and is detained at Picpus, an institution for well-heeled dissenters and aristocrats of the old regime that's more a middle-class reformatory than a prison. In "Quills," the 2000 film that featured Geoffrey Rush as de Sade, viewers were presented with a consistently over-the-top brute and lunatic, an absolute monster conveniently alien to any recognizably human qualities. De Sade's main distraction from the goings-on is Emile (Isild Le Besco), the virgin daughter of a viscount whose privilege has left her feeling empty and isolated. www.onwisconsin.com /movies/movie.asp?id=695   (404 words)

Review: Au Hasard Balthazar Films out now: The Aristocrats, Asylum, Cinderella Man, The Longest Yard, Green Street, Born To Fight, Le Clan What gives the film its strength is Bresson's refusal to compromise truth for the sake of expedience. Made in 1966, the film has an episodic structure. www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/a/au_hasard_balthazar_1966.shtml   (404 words)

GreenCine product main - Fascination (1979) Enjoyed some of the shots that he acheived with such a low budget which was apparent throughout the film in terms of lack of horses and antique cars in 1905 which was the date the film was set in. I had read a film analysis of his films in the journal Necronomicon and was quite surprised by the quality of it. The film's most striking sequence has Eva slashing her way through a group of armed peasants with a large scythe. www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=8353   (404 words)

Amazon.com: Video: Mrs. Brown (1997) The film's charm lies in the flinty give-and-take between the wonderfully starchy Judi Dench as Victoria and the robust Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, here playing it straight as a strong-willed Scotsman who comes to enjoy the power he wields by virtue of having the queen's ear. Victoria's favouritism toward him, coupled with his own brash and blunt behaviour, caused him to be envied and disliked by members of her family, her household service, her ministers, and largely by the public. Four years after the death of Prince Albert, to whom Victoria was completely devoted, and for whom she mourned in quite public and dramatic fashion, against the protests of her children and her ministers, John Brown, a favourite ghillie of the royal couple, was brought back into service of the Queen household. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630482615X?v=glance   (404 words)

Review: Cabaret Films out now: The Aristocrats, Asylum, Cinderella Man, The Longest Yard, Green Street, Born To Fight, Le Clan Don't be shy: tell us about it in the iofilm forum "Cabaret" won eight Oscars back in 1972 including best actress for Liza Minnelli, best director for Bob Fosse and best music for Ralph Burns memorable score. www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/c/cabaret_1972.shtml   (404 words)

Seminar 4 This contrast, represented during the whole film, between the poor clansmen and the rich landowners is historically accurate and the differences in the costumes further oppose the two social classes - the clothes worn by aristocrats are accurately based on period paintings. In fact, Rob Roy continued to be an outlaw for several years - he even participated in the 'Fifteen Rebellion', a Jacobite rising in 1715 - and eventually made his peace with the authorities in 1722. The story focuses on Rob Roy's attempt to help his clan by borrowing £1,000 from the Marquis of Montrose, a despotic Scottish Lord, and the subsequent conflict brought about by the theft of the money and the outlaw's refusal to malign the Duke of Argyll. www.st-andrews.ac.uk /~histfilm/sem4.html   (844 words)

Sundance Film Festival 2005 Part 3 - Uncut.co.uk The film is a fascinating and uproarious peek into the art and craft of comedy (and no, I'm not going to tell you the joke). David LaChappelle's Rize was another winner, a euphoric, inspiring film about the roots of Krumping, an electrifying hip-hop dance craze from South Central which he traces back to the influence of one man, Tommy the Clown. Then there was The Aristocrats, in which more than 100 comedians give us their take on the filthiest joke in the world, a backstage gag comics have apparently been telling each other since the vaudeville days. www.uncut.co.uk /film/sundance_film_festival/special_features/8544   (629 words)

'Groundhog Day' In the Bunuel film, sterling aristocrats gather for dinner, but afterward find themselves inexplicably trapped in the dining room, perhaps, they fear, for all eternity. But "Groundhog Day," Harold Ramis's brilliantly imaginative, wildly funny new comedy starring Bill Murray, demonstrates that there is something even more horrible -- knowing exactly what's going to happen next. After a few days of this, most films would run out of invention and grow tiresome. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/groundhogdaypghinson_a0a7e9.htm   (908 words)

Montreal Mirror : Hot Summer Guide 2005 : Film Paul Provenza’s The Aristocrats, an all-star film about the death of the joke, opens the 10-day event. The film is based on H.G. Wells’s sci-fi novel, which received international attention in the ’50s when Orson Welless’ radio play adaptation was so convincing that the American public really thought the States was being invaded by Martians. The film took more than a decade and several screenwriters to bugger up the plot nice and good—the story has something to do with Ferrell playing a producer looking for someone to play Samantha, only to end up casting a real witch. www.montrealmirror.com /2005/060905/hsg6.html   (989 words)

Eastman Kodak Company --  Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimately unsuccessful, the company instead contributed to the rise of independent film producers and the establishment of Hollywood, Calif., as the nation's film capital. Once the camera is closed, a transport sprocket engaging the edge perforations draws the film from the cartridge onto a spool and advances it from picture to picture. Headquarters are in Rochester, N.Y. The company was incorporated in 1901 as the successor to a business established in Rochester in 1880 by George Eastman (q.v. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9031832?&query=eastman   (816 words)

Blogcritics.org: Movie Review: The Aristocrats - The Worst Film of 2005 So I saw the film with a friend and we sat there in a silent movie theater, chuckling maybe twice (which is two times more than everyone else in the audience). Reading the reviews, you would think that film critics never went to grade school or high school, because that's the only kind of humor this film consists of. His points are exceedingly well-made and true to the tone of the film and made me think about the movie from a different POV. blogcritics.org /archives/2005/12/20/043528.php   (3353 words)

Films on Liberty and the State Early in the film the aristocrats are out hunting with their rifles, the scene is civilized and the men are temperate and self-controlled. Though the conflict in the film is with a corporatist state, the film is a comedy and it's central focus is this quirky but loving family and their castle that is more than a house... Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, this is a love letter from these two great film entrepeneurs to the American entrepeneur. www.mises.org /film.asp   (9726 words)

JewishFilm.com The online Jewish Film Archive We thank the producers of the various film festivals who have contributed their fine descriptions. Larry Mark, webmaster gadol at Jewfilm@aol.com Please remember, we don't sell or rent videos, we just list the source of the print or video if we know it. Any proceeds from the sales of videos through Amazon are used to support the website and make contributions in support of filmmakers. members.aol.com /jewfilm   (215 words)

Trailers: Film - General Klinger, Barbara (1998), 'The new media aristocrats: home theater and the domestic film experience', The Velvet Light Trap 42, Fall. Examines 100 top-grossing films of the 1940s-1980s, to conclude that such films promote a double standard in relation to gender and age. The 100 films (arranged chronologically) which had some significant impact - for good or ill - on the shape of twentieth century society. interact.uoregon.edu /MediaLit/mlr/readings/articles/trailers/film_general.html   (2277 words)

Review: Blue Streak Films out now: The Aristocrats, Asylum, Cinderella Man, The Longest Yard, Green Street, Born To Fight, Le Clan Blue Streak is made for Murphy, who thrives on camoflague, subterfuge and the hustle. The driver in the original heist, Dave Chappelle, who keeps messing with Logan in his cop disguise, is funnier. www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/b/blue_streak_1999.shtml   (2277 words)

Films on Liberty and the State Early in the film the aristocrats are out hunting with their rifles, the scene is civilized and the men are temperate and self-controlled. Though the conflict in the film is with a corporatist state, the film is a comedy and it's central focus is this quirky but loving family and their castle that is more than a house... Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, this is a love letter from these two great film entrepeneurs to the American entrepeneur. www.mises.org /content/film   (9617 words)

AMCTV.com SHOW - The Grand Illusion As the film opens, French aristocrat Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay) and his copilot Marechal (Jean Gabin) are shot down over enemy territory and carted off to a POW camp run by the dignified German Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim). Told with uncommon humanity, the film was nominated for Best Picture and won Jean Renoir a special citation at the Venice Film Festival, while launching him into the realm of the medium's greatest artists. There, the two aristocrats Boeldieu and Rauffenstein find common ground as military officers, but they also share fears that the days of the aristocracy are numbered. www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=62006-1-1   (9617 words)

Doc Films / Series Calendar The film was only put into partial completion in the late 1980s. Only she's a woman, she's Jewish, and she might just be more vulgar than all of them put together. Fong finds himself protecting his family and the coveted list of the rebel members while hiding the truth from the enemy: Ting Ting and her family. docfilms.uchicago.edu /calendar.shtml   (7314 words)

Schindler's List (1993): Reviews To address the commenter who claimed this was a propaganda film to boast about the Jewish faith, it seems more an objective account of something that happened, more or less, to a group of people bearing the brunt of a clashing of virtues. The other key part is Schindler's Jewish accountant, played with self-effacing brilliance by Ben Kingsley, who gives the movie just the touch of warmth and sanity it needs. Despite some characteristic simplifications, he's generally scrupulous about both his source and the historical record. www.metacritic.com /video/titles/schindlerslist   (1147 words)

Films on Liberty and the State Early in the film the aristocrats are out hunting with their rifles, the scene is civilized and the men are temperate and self-controlled. In addition to having some libertarian angle, (and I, by no means, am vouching for ideological purity in any of these films), I also selected for films that are generally high quality (critically acclaimed). As the old aristocratic government is succeeded by national socialist and communist governments it becomes clear just how good the family had had it. www.mises.org /content/film   (9617 words)

Films on Liberty and the State Early in the film the aristocrats are out hunting with their rifles, the scene is civilized and the men are temperate and self-controlled. Though the conflict in the film is with a corporatist state, the film is a comedy and it's central focus is this quirky but loving family and their castle that is more than a house... Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, this is a love letter from these two great film entrepeneurs to the American entrepeneur. www.mises.org /film.asp   (9726 words)

Films on Liberty and the State Early in the film the aristocrats are out hunting with their rifles, the scene is civilized and the men are temperate and self-controlled. Though the conflict in the film is with a corporatist state, the film is a comedy and it's central focus is this quirky but loving family and their castle that is more than a house... Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, this is a love letter from these two great film entrepeneurs to the American entrepeneur. www.mises.org /film.asp   (9617 words)

Films on Liberty and the State Early in the film the aristocrats are out hunting with their rifles, the scene is civilized and the men are temperate and self-controlled. Though the conflict in the film is with a corporatist state, the film is a comedy and it's central focus is this quirky but loving family and their castle that is more than a house... Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, this is a love letter from these two great film entrepeneurs to the American entrepeneur. www.mises.org /film.asp   (9369 words)

Films on Liberty and the State Early in the film the aristocrats are out hunting with their rifles, the scene is civilized and the men are temperate and self-controlled. Though the conflict in the film is with a corporatist state, the film is a comedy and it's central focus is this quirky but loving family and their castle that is more than a house... Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, this is a love letter from these two great film entrepeneurs to the American entrepeneur. www.mises.org /film.asp   (9726 words)

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