Comedy
Make ‘em
laugh.
"All you need to
start an asylum is an
empty room and the
right kind of people"
Eugene Pallette in
My Man Godfrey
American
Cinema
Romantic
Comedy
“My Man Godfrey”
My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey
Some
Like it
Hot
1959
Sunset Blvd
(1950)
Some Like it Hot
(1959)
The Apartment
Billy Wilder (1960)
Director
Director:
Billy Wilder
Starring:
Marilyn Monroe
Jack Lemmon
Tony Curtis
Romantic Comedy
Battle of the
sexes.
Happy ending.
They will get together.
Classic Comedy
Happy Ending
--everything turns
out right in the end.
Slapstick
Broad physical
action creates
comedy.
Pantomime
Sight Gags
Props and
Costumes used
for comic effect.
Witty Repartee
Snappy dialogue--
quick give and
take. Puns and
double entendre.
Screwball Comedy
Romance with a
twist. Nothing
happens as we
expect.
Situation Comedy
Characters are
caught in an
embarrassing
incident.
Tension of Opposites
Different social
classes, genders,
cultures clash to
humorous effect
Trading Places
Situation forces
role reversal
Mistaken Identity
Some one is caught up
in someone else’s life.
The audience knows
the truth.
Irony
Surprising twist of fate.
An unexpected
outcome. Incongruity.
Satire
Exaggeration of
some truth--
intended to make
a statement.
Comedy of Manners
Examines the codes
and behaviors of
cultures and social
classes.
Parody
Mocking a
previous film or
style.
Recurring Motif
A joke, theme, or idea
worked into the story
line over and over
again. A running gag.
Farce
Absurb,overdone
improbable
situations and
characters.
Caricature
Exaggeration of
specific
characteristics.
Dark Humor
Inviting laughter at
otherwise tragic or
painful situations
Life is Beautiful
La Vita È Bella
1998
Life is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni
Writer
Director
Actor
Life is Guido Orefice
Beautiful Dora
Joshua Orefice
Uncle Eliseo
Ferruccio
Rodolfo
Bartolomeo
Dr. Lessing
Life is Beautiful
Is it?
Why this title?
This is a simple
story, but not an easy one to
tell. Like a fable, there is
sorrow, and like a fable, it is
full of happiness and wonder.
Comedy or Drama?
Barcarolle
Night of stars, and night of love,
Fall gently o’er the waters,
Heav’n around below, above,
No more we’ll heed the shore!
Floating thus in silver light,
Sing on! oh earth’s fair daughters
Love had ne’er an hour so bright,
Barcarolle
In fabled days of yore.
The cadenc’d oar will rhyme
To the measure we sing,
Till even charmed time,
Fold a moment his wing.
Wander on!
Till the dawn! ah!
Barcarolle
Night of stars, and night of love,
Fall gently o’er the waters,
Heave’n around below, above,
No more we’ll heed the shore.
Night of stars and of love,
Ah! gently fall o’er the waters
Heave’n around below, above!
Ah! ah!
American
Cinema
Romantic
Comedy
Music: Simon and Garfunkel
The Graduate
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Starring
Dustin Hoffman
Anne Bancroft
Katharine Ross
Mike Nichols
Other Films
Primary Colors
The Birdcage
Silkwood
Dustin Hoffman
Wag the Dog
Rainman
Kramer vs. Kramer
Tootsie
Marathon Man
The Graduate
A tale of the cynical
60’s and disaffected
youth.
Never trust anyone
over 30.
The Graduate
What’s
up
with
all the
water?
Friday, 4/9
Quiz over
The Graduate
The Graduate
1967
No, Mrs. Robinson. I
think you’re the most
attractive
of all my
parent’s
friends.
Marry Elaine?
“Ben. This whole idea
seems pretty half-baked.”
“No, it’s not. It’s
completely baked.”
Dumb and Dumber
LLOYD: You mean not good, like
one out of a hundred?
MARY: I'd say more like one
out of a million.
LLOYD: (thinks a bit) So you're
telling me there's a chance?
Energizer Bunny arrested; charged
with battery.
Dijon vu: the same mustard as
before.
I fired my masseuse today. She just
rubbed me the wrong way.
If electricity comes from electrons,
does that mean that morality
comes from morons?
A man needs a mistress just to break
the monogamy.
Corduroy pillows are making
headlines.
Sea captains don't like crew cuts.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
A successful diet is the triumph of
mind over platter.
A gossip is someone with a great sense
of rumor.
When you dream in color, it's a
pigment of your imagination.
Condoms should be used on every
conceivable occasion.
Reading whilst sunbathing makes you
well-red.
A chicken crossing the road is poultry
in motion.
If you don't pay your exorcist you get
repossessed.
With her marriage she got a new name
and a dress.
When a clock is hungry, it goes back
four seconds.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies
like a banana.
A backwards poet writes inverse.
In democracy it's your vote that
counts. In feudalism it's your count
that votes.
She had a boyfriend with a wooden
leg, but broke it off.
The man who fell into an upholstery
machine is fully recovered.
Once you've seen one shopping
center you've seen a mall.
When an actress saw her first
strands of gray hair she thought
she'd dye.
I used to work in a blanket factory,
but it folded.
Marathon runners with bad
footwear suffer the agony of defeat.
He often broke into song because he
couldn't find the key.
Those who get too big for their
britches will be exposed in the end.
What's the definition of a will? (It's a
dead giveaway).
Tell us three things
about yourself.
Two are true, one is
false.