Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on February 02, 2006 at 11:25:18

In Reply to: Satirical Film Ideas? posted by draggcj on February 1, 2006 at 14:29:31:

Plus...your wife HAS to show the scene from The Great Dictator with Chaplin tossing the giant balloon-globe of the world - it's one of the most famous moments in all of movies. Another great Chaplin satire clip would be one of the factory/assembly line scene(s) from Modern Times. (Both these movies have sound, BTW.)

Clueless might be another good "high school" one. (You can argue whether it's parody or satire or merely clever adpatation but I say it's all three.)

Preston Sturges' comedy Hail The Conquoring Hero is brilliant.

I confess a real fondness for Robert Altman's The Player, as nasty a take on movies and consumerism as you're likely to ever see.

So she wants to stay away from social/political satire??? Too bad.

I would be tempted to play the "just one more bite" scene from Monty Python's Meaning of Life", bits of Life Of Brian and Brazil & A Clockwork Orange complete. This would undoubtedly get me fired.

Thinking of satires...

An Ideal Husband
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise
Bullets Over Broadway
Wag The Dog
Three Kings
Muse
Bulworth
Brazil
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
The Charlie Kaufman Trifecta:
Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind

Alas, I think these are all "R" rated.