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Swanson is about to inherit the estate of his dying father. Meanwhile, he spends his days wandering around with his friends. The Comedy taps into a dark fiber of comedy, which still echoes long after the end.
A strange comedy; an uncomfortable film; a piece with an unclassifiable sense of humor. When someone describes a film this way, they’re exaggerating almost every time: the attempts at addressing the genre from a different angle are scarce and superficial. But there are exceptions, and The Comedy is this decade’s clearest one. Rick Alverson’s film is all that, because it tries new things, and literally destroys other ones. It breaks the story, the characters, and the comfort of the viewer, without ever neglecting him nevertheless. The Comedy is dry, apathetic, and annoying. But its aggressiveness is not gratuitous. Alverson dodges cheap provocation by turning each offense into an invitation to reflect on the human condition, and makes us wonder whether we should keep laughing despite the horror. DdF
D, G: Rick Alverson F: Mark Schwartzbard E: Michael Taylor DA: Shawn Annabel S: Allison Jackson P: Mike S. Ryan PE: Darius Van Arman CP: Greyshack Films, Glass Eye Pix Production I: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Jeff Jensen
Stray Dogs. Nathan Fischer T +33 65994 1284 E nathan@stray-dogs.com
He was born in Spokane , Washington, United States in 1971. He directed several music videos and feature films The Builder (2010) , New Jeruzalem (2011), The Comedy (2012) and Entertainment (2015), screened at this year’s Bafici. He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia.
27 de April de 2016
Durante 11 días y en 27 sedes, la ciudad se vistió de cine con una notable respuesta del público.
24 de April de 2016
find here which are the surprise films that bafici programmed for today at village recoleta: there are tickets available for all screenings.
24 de April de 2016
enjoy a free three-part program at cc recoleta: shorts from the “hacelo corto” fest, wallace & gromit and michael jackson.
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