Slapstick Brothers
Tobio Kurosawa (Ryuta Sato), who has been part of a manzai (stand up comedy) duo for ten years, finds himself in trouble after his partner Tamotsu Ishii (Yuji Ayabe) quits due to their declining popularity and mounting d
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Tobio Kurosawa (Ryuta Sato), who has been part of a manzai (stand up comedy) duo for ten years, finds himself in trouble after his partner Tamotsu Ishii (Yuji Ayabe) quits due to their declining popularity and mounting d
Inspired by slapstick comedy, exploring the thin line between humour and violence. Quoting the films of Charlie Chaplin, Fassbinder, and Derek Jarman, the video features two dancers reinterpret a series of short scenes.
A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.
Actor Eli Wallach narrates this history of early film comedy that examines the vaudevillian roots of slapstick greats such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, and many mor
After a killer goes on a rampage in a small town a local sherrif makes it his mission to stop the killer and save the multiverse.
A documentary crew follow the daily lives of two slapstick characters.
A fun-filled cavalcade of stunts, thrills and classic mayhem by the geniuses from the Golden Age os Silent Film Comedy. Also tells the story of Mack Sennett, the King of Silent Comedy.
Educational documentary on North American silent comedy made with archival materials.
Legendary slapstick comedian Harold Lloyd made audiences roar as a bespectacled everyman who managed to wriggle himself out of many a perilous situation, all the while trying to get the girl. Lloyd's fearless acrobatic s
Prat-falls, practical jokes, chases, collisions and custard pies...slapstick is still the ultimate comedy. This uproarious collection brings you the funniest routines by the world's most outrageous performers... ...from
Harold Lloyd (Safety Last) demonstrates why he is ranked alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as slapstick cinema's preeminent funnymen. Lloyd is most famous for his aerial acrobatics, dangling from skyscrapers in
An extension of the Benign Violation theory of comedy developed by Tom Veatch and A. Peter McGraw and Caleb Warren. Source: The Cure (1917) Dir. Charles Chaplin and Edward Brewer
The mysteries of love and relationships boiled down to 90 seconds.
A bourgeois dinner, a warm summer night, looks to be really nice. But soon the cracks start to appear. In modern society, death is a scandal.
A documentary recounting the personal and professional lives of the Three Stooges, including rare footage and interviews with family members.