Angela de la Cruz creates paintings using the language of sculpture and vice-versa, creating works with
an element of slapstick comedy which strike at a deeper emotional tension.
There is
an element of slapstick at play here, especially in the climactic final scene, which manages to be both wryly funny and touchingly tragic at the same time
There is
an element of slapstick, too: the giant clapping mouth, and not much room for a brain case — these are endearing features.
Operating much like H.G. Wells» three - time adapted novel «The Island of Dr. Moreau», this twisted import from Anders Thomas Jensen tangles
elements of slapstick physical comedy among chilling social horrors to create a psychosexual mystery circling the inescapable ideas of heritage and homecoming.
Not exact matches
Though
elements of the Zhang style are readily evident — chiefly the ravishing cinematography (by frequent collaborator Zhao Xiaoding) and a color palette so rich you could eat it for dessert — the movie, entitled A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, is a less harmonious hybrid, one that shoehorns
elements of broad farce and
slapstick into the Coens» meticulous tale
of lust, deception, and murder.
«The Prophet» is a very earnest book, and some
of the
slapstick elements in the framing story feel at odds with its fragile simplicity.
If the very survival
of poise in Lubitsch was always involved with simultaneously fueling and controlling the fires
of emotion, in Edwards the impeccable precariousness
of comic order often finds expression in thriller
elements, as in a masterly post-credits robbery sequence that is tense, fascinating, as beautifully machined as the fantastic caper itself — and funny too, in a thoroughly distinctive alliance
of the giddiness inherent in breathbating suspense and the melodramatic effectiveness
of slapstick violence.
It is the humorous ridicule
of such topics that are thrown out there for you to recognise, but, you can still enjoy the Muppets Most Wanted for its nostalgia and
slapstick elements.
On the negative, that would have also made the film lose its only redeemable
element, which is Applegate's valiant effort to give an actual performance amid all the inanity
of all the
slapstick and the tedium
of a forced romantic subplot between André and the gardener next door (Tara Reid).
Where some
of Anderson's previous films (such as THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU) had a more subtle strand
of humour, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL contains a lot more backhanded comments and
slapstick elements.
There's
elements of parody,
slapstick and dramedy, but they don't mesh together at all.
Sturges takes a whole assortment
of disagreeable
elements — cliché rich people, cliché cardsharps, snakes, and
slapstick — and makes one
of the greatest romantic and funny comedies.
In «Night Ride,» certain
elements taken together — black gloves, handcuffs, a chain — suggest a suspicious plot, while others — banana peels, Groucho glasses, bird droppings — give it
slapstick flavor (I thought immediately
of Peter Sellers in Blake Edwards» The Pink Panther series).
Early interviews with the artist reveal an enjoyment
of slapstick comedy and there is something
of this in the deadpan combination
of incongruous
elements.
Pies, microphones, knives, lights, and other props and theatrical
elements are motifs in her work, referring to the mix
of danger, absurdity, and failure that characterizes
slapstick comedy and humor - based entertainment.