Exploring the intersections of cinema
After the collapse of the Production Code, filmmakers now had the ability to put anything and everything in their movies, so they did. Today Alex and Jonathan discuss three films which take comedy beyond rational proportions and talk about The Producers (1967), Airplane! (1980), and The Mask (1994). We discuss the history of absurdist comedy,… Continue reading Ep 170. COMEDY CINEMA 3: The Absurdists
Aaron Johnson, the podcast's inaugural guest, joins Alex and Jonathan again today to discuss the parodical world of Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), and High Anxiety (1977). We talk about Brook's way of parodying different forms of film, using meta-humor, and his split love for directing and performing. https://youtu.be/l40qYhFTzO4?si=nC-a8_9Rgx5-8Vv8 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4oJRfqwRHXzSB2tZYTTiQL?si=7kq8nqTvScG1AkYLobeZFw Also on iTunes Skip… Continue reading Episode 59. Bonkers Brooks Feat. Aaron Johnson
The Filmlings 