Slapstick film

Joseph Frank Keaton IV or as everyone had called him Buster Keaton was an American actor, director, producer, writer, comedian, and stunt performer. Buster Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas. Here’s a little fun fact on why everyone calls Joseph Frank Keaton IV, “Buster” Keaton. Legend has it that when Keaton was eighteen months old he fell on a flight of stairs and there was a famous magician that we all know and love that was there to see it and his name was Harry Houdini. After

The Motion Picture Code of the Great Depression During the times of the Great Depression, film was viewed as a valuable importance to people. Film during this time of distress contributed to the maintenance of the national morale of America. During this time Hollywood played a valuable part, getting over eighty million Americans to attend theaters, but soon it would become a lot harder as America continued living in the Great Depression. Everyone in America, even the most troubling of poverty

and Loathing in Las Vegas (US, 1998). It is a niche film, and while initially a commercial failure, quickly developed cult status. It is a black comedy set in the 1960s, and revolves around the protagonist Raoul Duke and his helper Dr. Gonzo’s adventures in Las Vegas, as they traverse the city in a drug-induced haze. The sequence I will be looking at in this essay is the carnival scene [31:30-38:03], which takes place in the second act of the film. It is difficult to say this with total certainty

The film Deadpool (2016) directed by Tim Miller might predominantly serve as a violent and comedic superhero film, but the side plot regarding Wade Wilson and his girlfriend Vanessa bring about some romantic comedy moments. This is especially true in relation to Leger Grindon’s paper “From the Grotesque to the Ambivalent: Recent Developments in the Hollywood Romantic Comedy, 1997-2007.” Three of Grindon’s concepts that appear in Deadpool are the tendency towards grotesque elements of animal comedy

Everybody loves a good rebel. Throw a love story in with it and bam you’ve got yourself a great plotline. What makes it even better is if it is a true account. This story of Bonnie and Clyde has survived through the ages and the critics by surpassing any movie that had been done on the killer duo before it. It was the American dream that had a deadly ending. It did not end well for them much like it hadn't for most chasing the dream of prosperity. And while Bonnie and Clyde may not have gotten their

completely and immerse into the movie. “Freed from earthly restrictions, Spielberg can be the slapstick-action wizard of his (and our) wildest dreams”( Edelstein, David. "The Adventures of Tintin." NYMag.com.). In this quote they say since he is free from the restriction that are on the physical world he is able to create action packed scenes to excite the audience. “I’ve always preferred his films when there’s a kind of tension between his magically fluid style and the texture of the real

The film Pulp Fiction was an immediate box office success when it was released in 1994 and it was also well received by the critics, and celebrated for the way it appeared to capture exactly a certain pre-millennial angst and dislocation in Western capitalist societies. The term post-modernist, often used to refer to art and architecture, was applied to this film. The pulp fiction refers to popular novels which are bought in large numbers by less well educated people and enjoyed for their entertainment

Hiroshima Death Match (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973) The five films in the "Battles without Honor and Humanity" series are Kenji Fuakasaku's magnum opus, of which "Hiroshima Death Match" is the most cult, particularly due to the participation of Sonny Chiba and Meiko Kaji. The film takes place both during the first film's story and shortly after it, and it focuses, apart from Hirono's story, on two new characters that eventually become adversaries. The first one is Yamanaka, a failed individual with a constant

In television and film, we see the rise of the similar theme of a once reliable and seemingly harmless machine bringing the earth and mankind to the bottom of the hearty. Films like The Omega Man(1971) and television shows like Star Trek(1966-1969) and The Twilight Zone(1959-1964) have all tackled the similar issue of evil artificial intelligence

physical elements that harken back to slapstick comedy films. Popular tropes, such as ambitious newspaper reporters, and popular stars like Cary Grant from His Girl Friday are featured. Milberg takes an in depth look at how films within the genre derived