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Subversive Italian satirist Marco Ferreri directed and co-wrote (with Rafael Azcona) this grotesquely amusing French black comedy about four men who grow sick of life, and so meet at a remote villa with the goal of literally eating themselves to death. The quartet comes from various walks of life — a pilot (Marcello Mastroianni), a chef (Ugo Tognazzi), a television host (Michel Piccoli), and a judge (Philippe Noiret) — but all are successful men with excessive appetites for life’s pleasures (food is used as mere metaphor here, as graphic as that metaphor becomes). ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie GuideRead More »
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Marco Ferreri – La grande bouffe (1973)
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Peter Perry Jr. – Kiss Me Quick! AKA Dr. Breedlove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love (1964)
1961-1970ComedyEroticaPeter Perry Jr.USASynopsis:
In this fleshy comedy-horror romp, a mad scientist aids an alien who has been teleported to Earth on a quest to find the perfect female specimen.
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Richard Viktorov – Kometa AKA A Comet (1984)
1981-1990ComedyRichard ViktorovSci-FiUSSRIn a small coastal town,in the middle of the summer,the beaches are overcrowded,every piece of land occupied by tents and the cars of the tourists.A small group of filmmakers decide to shoot here a “masterpiece” by putting on a fake bank a ship.Suddenly,the crowd spreads the rumor that a comet will fall to the Earth very soon.At the last moment the most savvy vacationers decide to save themselves from a certain death by making some last minute unexpected changes in the script…Read More »
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Herbert Wilcox – Irene (1940)
1931-1940ComedyHerbert WilcoxMusicalUnited KingdomSent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O’Dare
meets Don, a friend of Bob, Mrs. Vincent’s son. Attracted to Irene, Don decides to invest
some money in Bob’s latest venture, the “Madame Lucy” dress shop, in order to give Irene a
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Bert Haanstra – Fanfare aka The Brass Band [+Extras] (1958)
Arthouse1951-1960Bert HaanstraComedyNetherlandsImdb:
After a fight the brass band in a small village splits up into two separate bands. They both want to win a contest and will do anything to prevent the other band from winning it.Read More » -
Val Guest – Au Pair Girls AKA The Young Playmates (1972)
1971-1980ComedyEroticaThe Cannon GroupUSAVal GuestA detailed investigation of the 70’s Au Pairs, leaving no stone unturned and milking every situation.
Four young women from Europe and Asia, recently arrived in England, begin their new jobs as Au Pairs. They quickly find that the English are not as stuffy and staid as they appear, and the young ladies are soon spending more time in bed than on the job.Read More »
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Peter Bogdanovich – What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
USA1971-1980ClassicsComedyPeter BogdanovichSynopsis:
Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her. A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarassing him. At the same time a woman has her jewels stolen and a government whistle blower arrives with his stolen top secret papers. All, of course have the same style and color overnight bag.Read More » -
Dmytro Kolomoytsev & Anatoliy Lavrenishyn – Ukrayinska literatura AKA Ukrainian Literature: Guide for Assholes (2009)
2001-2010Anatoliy LavrenishynComedyDmytro KolomoytsevShort FilmUkraineIt was a common habit in Soviet schools to draw the intimate organs on all portraits in textbooks.Read More »
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Wisit Sasanatieng – Fah talai jone AKA Tears of the Black Tiger [Director’s cut] (2000)
1991-2000ComedyThailandWesternWisit SasanatiengSynopsis:
In the countryside of Thailand, a gang of outlaws makes the region unsafe. Among them is the handsome gun hero Dum, who became unwillingly involved in the bandit life. Handsome Dum made a promise to his upper-crust lover Rumpoey: despite the class difference, they will get married. When the moment of reunion arrives, Dum gets involved in a fire fight and cannot possibly reach Rumpoey in time. She is desperate: her father has married her off to a policeman. The taciturn Dum, called the ‘Black Tiger’ by his co-conspirators, has however not forgotten Rumpoey. Read More »









