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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
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"Alexis Dos Santos‘ World Dramatic Competition entry Unmade Beds follows a Spanish guy named Axl and a Belgian girl named Vera who meet in London and, according to the catalogue description, “circle each other’s orbits—their fates almost inevitably intertwined.” In case you were having trouble deconstructing the meaning behind the film’s title, the catalogue is also helpful in that regard: “They may be slightly crumpled works in progress—like the unmade beds where they slumber—but Axl, Vera, and their friends are as vital as a crisp new day.” Also vital and crisp are Dos Santos’ answers to the 4 Questions We Ask Everyone, in which he references Nan Goldin, Monty Python and Wong Kar Wai, and contemplates spending his last hours on Earth watching porn. Tell us about your movie: who "
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"Alexis Dos Santos‘ World Dramatic Competition entry Unmade Beds follows a Spanish guy named Axl and a Belgian girl named Vera who meet in London and, according to the catalogue description, “circle each other’s orbits—their fates almost inevitably intertwined.” In case you were having trouble deconstructing the meaning behind the film’s title, the catalogue is also helpful in that regard: “They may be slightly crumpled works in progress—like the unmade beds where they slumber—but Axl, Vera, and their friends are as vital as a crisp new day.” Also vital and crisp are Dos Santos’ answers to the 4 Questions We Ask Everyone, in which he references Nan Goldin, Monty Python and Wong Kar Wai, and contemplates spending his last hours on Earth watching porn. Tell us about your movie: who "
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"Dispite my love of British humor I have never warmed to Monty Python. I have never seen the cult TV show that the four films (the only I havn't seen is 1971's And Now For Something Complety Different) are inspired by. but the he three most famous strike me as cold and rather heartless, although they are intermittantly funny. For those who don't know, Monty Python's Flying Circus was a Saturday Night Live - esq sketch comedy show (although it wasn't live), often with absurd humor. It was never particularly popular during it's run but became a cult sensation, and eventully the stars of the show (particularly John Cleese) came to be regarded as British comic geniouses. The stars play virtually all the main and supporting roles in the movies (including female parts), only occasionaly using outside actors. Although the humor of The Meaning of Life is allegidly supposed to more philisophical than the other films, I don't see very much here that's particuarly deep. The film is devided ... "
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""If you haven't seen it, please do."-Richard Dawkins, parenthetically discussing Monty Python's The Meaning of Life in his book The God Delusion. If Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is remembered less fondly than their earlier classics Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Life of Brian, this is not to say that the film has fewer laughs or that the point of Monty Python's satire has in any way been blunted. Granted, the humor is arguably the Pythons' most vulgar and can at times come across as crude. But watching The Meaning of Life a quarter of a century after its release, what remains shocking is not the wealth of projectile vomit, naked breasts, or children singing about sperm; what continues to alienate and to offend is the film's surprisingly direct attack on what it considers a terribly misguided society. And the worst offender? Christian ideology and rhetoric.The Pythons -- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Ter "
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"From the Entertainment and Culture blog over at New York Magazine comes a list of THE TEN MOST ANTI-CHRISTIAN MOVIES OF ALL TIME. What a title, eh? 10. Carrie (1976) After the titular protagonist gets her first period at school, her crazy, devoutly Christian mother locks her in a closet and tells her to pray, explaining that only sinners menstruate (Wikipedia says this is false). Luckily, Carrie has telekinetic powers, which she uses to toss her mom across a room, electrocute her principal, and burn down her high school's gymnasium, killing hundreds of students. Parents, take note.Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =yJe0iVo8y3A "
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"Years ago, a local film critic (living in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex) dismissed Crimes of Passion by saying, “Why doesn’t Ken Russell just go back to England?” as if this were a legitimate, professional reaction to any film. You just couldn’t help the feeling that she didn’t get it. “It” not being the film itself. It was awful but I don’t think it’s ever okay to pan a film because one’s sensibilities are offended. Or ravaged. Ironically I find myself in a similar situation after viewing Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. Call it Karmic Justice. I repeatedly wondered if I’d viewed this collection, say, 25 years ago, if I’d have been rolling in the proverbial aisles. Though I’d like to think I’m smarter today. From The Grand Guignol Theatre of 19th Century Paris, to Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive to the Mr. Creosote sketch in
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