Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
Now I think that maybe I was expecting a little more humor today. (I have two main filters through which I try to understand the world: Monty Python and/or Woody Allen.)
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hahahaha! "YOu can't expect to wield executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!" OMG classic as for you filters I might add one more, Mel Brooks. These are all fine filters for the world because the alternatives such as Stanley Kubrick or Ed Wood could be frightening. :-)
oh god, I needed that, thanks! Watery tart... I love that movie! It kills me
Don't forget Duck Soup, by the Marx Brothers and it's amazing anti-war satire.
Here are my wake up calls, cinematically speaking (;leaving out Coppola:
Kubrik: Paths of Glory
Raoul Walsh: What Price Glory?
Renoir: Grand Illusion
Wyler: Best Years of Our Lives
Ichikawa: Burmese Harp
Peterson: Das boot
Beresford: Breaker Morant
Cimino: Deer Hunter
DePalma: Casualties of War
Weir: Gallipoli
and Herzog: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes.
But of all of them:
Trumbo: Johnny Got His Gun
I so agree about early Mel Brooks...he later fell into just stupidity. "destiny, destiny, no escaping that for me."
Just watched this again recently. So much material from this one little flick :-)
Oh, I love Monty Python. Most excellent choice!
Ahhh... Both Monty Python and Woody Allen make life worth laughing at. They are wonderful.
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