Comedy

  • Fumihiko Sori – Ping Pong (2002)

    2001-2010AsianComedyFumihiko SoriJapan

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    The film traces the growth and friendship of two very different high-school ping-pong players. “Peco” Hoshino is a brash, arrogant player, determined to turn pro. He taught his quiet, nerdy childhood friend “Smile” Tsukimoto. Smile frustrates his coach and rivals, who recognize his talent for the game since it is just a game to him. To teach him, his high-school coach learns that coaching is more than just training the students to be good ping-pong players. Ironically, as Smile begins to develop his game, Peco undergoes a severe crisis after his defeat by rival players and is unable to play well until he rediscovers the original reasons why he plays ping-pong. Written by nakataohana Read More »

  • Franz Hofer – Hurra! Einquartierung! (1913)

    1911-1920ComedyFranz HoferGermanySilentThe Birth of Cinema

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    This film comes from the Schloss Archive of His Highness, Herr Graf Ferdinand von Galitzien:

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    Born Franz Wygand Wüstenhöfer in Malstatt (Saarland), Hofer began his career as a stage actor and playwright in 1909. A year later he began working as a screenwriter for Messter’s Henny Porten series and for directors such as Viggo Larsen—Die schwarze Katze [The Black Cat] (1910)—and Walter Schmidthässler—Das Weib ohne Herz [The Woman Without a Heart] and Der Zug des Herzens [The Pull of the Heart] (both 1912).Read More »

  • Sergio Martino – 40 gradi all’ombra del lenzuolo AKA Sex with a Smile (1976)

    1971-1980ComedyEroticaItalySergio Martino

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    Well, it’s not big and it’s not clever – but Sex with a Smile is great fun, and rather funny in places; plus it features performances from five of Italy’s hottest ladies, so what’s not to like? The stories in the film apparently focus on Italian humour, but to me it seemed pretty universal and I think that even people who don’t know anything about Italian humour will find this funny. The film features five separate stories, all involving sex and all ending with a funny and ironic little twist.Read More »

  • Robert J. Rosenthal – Zapped! (1982)

    USA1981-1990ComedyExploitationRobert J. Rosenthal

    Peyton and Barney are fun loving high school students working on a science project with white mice. When one of the mice begins to move food toward itself with out touching it, Barney finds he has accidently discovered a formula for telekinetic powers. Now, how much trouble can a high school boy who can move things with just his mind get into? Written by John Vogel Read More »

  • Ventura Pons – Amor idiota aka Idiot Love (2004)

    2001-2010AndorraComedyDramaVentura Pons

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    When Pere-Lluc (Santi Millan) takes a drunken stroll down the street he gets more than he bargained for. After hitting his head on an aluminum ladder he becomes obsessed with the girl who rushes to his aid. … Full DescriptionThis Spanish-language feature follows Pere-Lluc’s increasingly desperate, and often amusing, attempts to win her over.
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  • Dusan Makavejev – Manifesto aka A Night of Love (1988)

    1981-1990ArthouseComedyDusan MakavejevUSA

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    In a Central European country a provincial town prepares for the king’s visit, and the chief of the secret police arrives to uncover a suspected anarchist plot. This is perhaps Makavejev’s most “mainstream” film, and an unexpected delight. Its pleasures are both the director’s usual satirical commentary on revolutionary politics, and the eccentricities and quirks of the individual characters and their bizarre, mad interactions.Read More »

  • Jan Svankmajer – Spiklenci slasti AKA Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)

    1991-2000ComedyCultCzech RepublicJan Svankmajer

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    Six outwardly average individuals have elaborate fetishes they indulge with surreptitious care. A mousy letter carrier makes dough balls she grotesquely ingests before bed. A shop clerk fixates on a TV news reader while he builds a machine to massage and masturbate him. One of his customers makes an elaborate chicken costume for a voodoo-like scene with a doll resembling his plump neighbor. She, in turn, has a doll that resembles him, which she whips and dominates in an abandoned church. The TV news reader has her own fantasy involving carp. Her husband, who is indifferent to her, steals materials to fashion elaborate artifacts that he rubs, scrapes and rolls across his body.
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  • Paul Grau – Sechs Schwedinnen auf der Alm AKA Six Swedes in the Alps (1983)

    1981-1990ComedyEroticaGermanyPaul Grau

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    This comedy has everyone’s favorite 6 Swedish gals enjoying their stay in the alps. When the girls aren’t enjoying the pleasure of their own company they’re out having a good time with nearly everyone else in town.Read More »

  • David Miller – The Opposite Sex (1956)

    USA1951-1960ComedyDavid MillerMusical

    Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer, married ten years and mother of a young daughter, is informed that her husband Steve is having an affair with chorus girl Crystal, so she goes to Reno for a divorce. After that, Steve marries Crystal, but Crystal isn’t true. When Kay hears about this, she starts fighting to win her ex-husband back.Read More »

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