On October 30, Cruel and Unusual Comedy from the Desmet Collection of the EYE Film Institute, The Netherlands comprises revelatory and even shocking early
European film comedies that center on themes of sex, violence, madness, and science fiction, with original music performed live by award - winning composer Donald Sosin and his NYC Eclectic Electric Band.
Not exact matches
The opening act in Toronto feels like a standard indie
comedy about (yet another) white male's arrested development, the piano - based score and aversion to dialogue feels indebted to silent
films, and once the
film transitions to the wilderness it goes into
European arthouse territory (the title card doesn't appear until James ends up in BC, a choice that implies this is where the
film really begins).
Fresh: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is an American
comedy of the sort of vitality that dazzles
European film critics and we take for granted.
The UK's biggest
film festival returns next month or its 61st edition, opening on Wednesday 4 October with the
European premiere of Andy Serkis» sterling directorial debut, Breathe, and closing 11 days later with the UK premiere of Martin McDonagh's latest black
comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
We briefly mentioned the then - upcoming
film Baggage Claim as an example of a movie, written and directed by an African - American filmmaker, that exists outside of any perceived «black genre» (whatever that means), which is really just a
comedy that happens to feature African - Americans rather than whites of
European descent.
The live voice - over (also known as the Gavrilov technique) is common in Eastern
European television and cinema, and Slavs and Tatars uses the method in three screenings of screwball
comedy films all live - interpreted to German, including that of Polish Seksmisja.