http://butler-harris.org/archives/117 How can you have the last word if you haven't heard the first? Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://butler-harris.org/archives/117#comment-602 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:24:45 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/117#comment-602 Well, comedy that is (a) actually funny and (b) not an assault on everything decent, seems to be very hard to create. So I take it where I can get it. Well, comedy that is (a) actually funny and (b) not an assault on everything decent, seems to be very hard to create. So I take it where I can get it.

]]> http://butler-harris.org/archives/117#comment-577 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:17:22 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/117#comment-577 I saw this film not long ago, and I wasn't quite sure what I thought of it. It was different. And when I saw that it was directed by Preston Sturges, I could see his style there. I've seen other Sturges films, like Sullivan's Travels and Miracle of Morgan's Creek. I think they are popular among later generations; many younger folks like the Sturges movies because they are more like today's comedy style: frenetic, over-the-top, usually mocking and cynical. I guess the very things that most people like about Sturges' films these days are the very things I don't like. Incidentally the Coen Brothers of recent Hollywood fame are big fans of Sturges, and you can see his influence in their films, especially 'O Brother Where Art Thou' -- the title of which came from Sullivan's Travels. To each his own; I admit my tastes are more towards old-fashioned, square, sentimental movies. I saw this film not long ago, and I wasn’t quite sure what I thought of it. It was different. And when I saw that it was directed by Preston Sturges, I could see his style there.
I’ve seen other Sturges films, like Sullivan’s Travels and Miracle of Morgan’s Creek. I think they are popular among later generations; many younger folks like the Sturges movies because they are more like today’s comedy style: frenetic, over-the-top, usually mocking and cynical. I guess the very things that most people like about Sturges’ films these days are the very things I don’t like.
Incidentally the Coen Brothers of recent Hollywood fame are big fans of Sturges, and you can see his influence in their films, especially ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’ — the title of which came from Sullivan’s Travels.
To each his own; I admit my tastes are more towards old-fashioned, square, sentimental movies.

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