I was born 10 years earlier than that and know what it is.
This is for the ignorant who dont know or think the height of humor is dadjokes and related to bodily functions. Black in this context has no relation to skin color or is tied to any specific racial group or culture but is darkly themed subject matter that has comedic elements to it. Here's an example, remember Breaking Bad? Jesse is being convinced to take credit for crushing a junky's head with an ATM machine? The scene where Walter tells him he's a blowfish? Someone not really threatening but just appears so. Jesse gets on board with that, yells "I'm a BLOW FISH!" Then goes back to the floor and takes a hit from his bong as Walter descends into another coughing fit. That was black comedy. OK? Cohn Brother movies during their prime were black comedies. Jim Jarmusch during his prime were black comedies. If you ever watch something made before you were born, you'd see it. After Hours, Eating Raoul, King of Comedy, What About Bob?, Dr Strangelove. Those are black comedies.
I can only assume this movie which only has the flaw of a small looking budget (despite the incredible cast) as a draw back has such a lousy rating is because people are ignorant. This style of humor is underrated and it is vanishing since more and more people have a lower IQ and need comedy spelled out for them in bright shiny letters otherwise they assume the worst possible intentions with any artistic work and react not knowing better.
This movie has several memorable performances and scenes. It is about a failed businessman facing debt and even prison for unpaid taxes deciding the only thing to save him is movie production. He wants to make a movie based on a self help/fictional aventure story written by Dennis Hopper's character. He falls for his secretary and the two of them make some connections to raise funds to make a movie. First a horror picture to drive up capitol then the other.
Enter John Turturro and Christopher Walken. Turturro is the more memorable of the two. He's flamboyant and odd. Walken is typical Walken. Unpredictable behind his flat expression.
There's alot of dark scenes but it to me is like a lighter version (plot wise) to Get Shorty (that's a black comedy, kids). The humor for me was mostly in Turturro and Hopper's characters. Griffin Dunne plays the failed businessman, Illeana Douglas plays the secretary/ love interest. Scorsese has a cameo scene as a tax collector delivering the bad news of debt and taxes owed.
I first saw this on IFC when I was about 20 back when they showed movies and were commercial free. They showed alot of darkly themed comedy om that channel in those days. All under appreciated now, (Cold Dog Soup, Mystery Train and Stranger Than Paradise were the others I remember) because anyone under 40 aren't intelligent. If you doubt me, look at what they pass off as "entertainment" now. It's like they have real actors in plots suited for bad video games.
This is for the ignorant who dont know or think the height of humor is dadjokes and related to bodily functions. Black in this context has no relation to skin color or is tied to any specific racial group or culture but is darkly themed subject matter that has comedic elements to it. Here's an example, remember Breaking Bad? Jesse is being convinced to take credit for crushing a junky's head with an ATM machine? The scene where Walter tells him he's a blowfish? Someone not really threatening but just appears so. Jesse gets on board with that, yells "I'm a BLOW FISH!" Then goes back to the floor and takes a hit from his bong as Walter descends into another coughing fit. That was black comedy. OK? Cohn Brother movies during their prime were black comedies. Jim Jarmusch during his prime were black comedies. If you ever watch something made before you were born, you'd see it. After Hours, Eating Raoul, King of Comedy, What About Bob?, Dr Strangelove. Those are black comedies.
I can only assume this movie which only has the flaw of a small looking budget (despite the incredible cast) as a draw back has such a lousy rating is because people are ignorant. This style of humor is underrated and it is vanishing since more and more people have a lower IQ and need comedy spelled out for them in bright shiny letters otherwise they assume the worst possible intentions with any artistic work and react not knowing better.
This movie has several memorable performances and scenes. It is about a failed businessman facing debt and even prison for unpaid taxes deciding the only thing to save him is movie production. He wants to make a movie based on a self help/fictional aventure story written by Dennis Hopper's character. He falls for his secretary and the two of them make some connections to raise funds to make a movie. First a horror picture to drive up capitol then the other.
Enter John Turturro and Christopher Walken. Turturro is the more memorable of the two. He's flamboyant and odd. Walken is typical Walken. Unpredictable behind his flat expression.
There's alot of dark scenes but it to me is like a lighter version (plot wise) to Get Shorty (that's a black comedy, kids). The humor for me was mostly in Turturro and Hopper's characters. Griffin Dunne plays the failed businessman, Illeana Douglas plays the secretary/ love interest. Scorsese has a cameo scene as a tax collector delivering the bad news of debt and taxes owed.
I first saw this on IFC when I was about 20 back when they showed movies and were commercial free. They showed alot of darkly themed comedy om that channel in those days. All under appreciated now, (Cold Dog Soup, Mystery Train and Stranger Than Paradise were the others I remember) because anyone under 40 aren't intelligent. If you doubt me, look at what they pass off as "entertainment" now. It's like they have real actors in plots suited for bad video games.