10 comedies on the verge of absurdity for those who want to escape from their daily routine

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

It's hard to argue with the claim that this "crazy, crazy, crazy" world has gone a little crazy. And if anyone else doubts it, you should watch at least one of the great films that are collected in this "top ten". However, it is not surprising if someone wants to see or revise all the films. You will definitely not regret it!

1. The film "Love and Death"

director Woody AllenWithout a doubt, a cult comedy from the master of this genre, Woody Allen. Just a fountain of sparkling and at the same time intellectual humor on a very interesting topic. And the topic is the following. A certain Russian landowner from a district town in every possible way tries to evade the call to fight Napoleon. Because all he has in his arsenal is a long and sharp tongue. Unparalleled self-irony, philosophy for dummies, politics and once again politics - made this film forever beloved, especially in our country. Whether the hero managed to avoid the army or not, see for yourself.

2. The film "Log"

director Jan SchwankmeierA similar level of surrealism is perhaps only found in Lynch. Jan Schwankmeier translated a Czech scary tale into screen language and it looks funny. Out of hopelessness, a young childless couple had an idea to have a stump of a tree instead of a child … Which grows quickly and eats a lot, and it eats everything. Even a person for a sweet soul. And if the newly-made parents take care of their logs in every possible way, their wonderful neighbors, on the contrary, do not pay attention to their "live" daughter. As they say, the contrast is obvious.

3. The film "Dress"

directed by Alex Van WarmerdamHow sometimes the imagination of the creators admires, to what extent their visualization reaches! An ordinary dress, even in bright colors, but what a stir around it! People just go crazy, tear him apart, and all the same, it pushes everyone into madness. It excites some, leads to the death of others, but at first glance it is just a rag. What will happen to him next?

4. The film "City of Zero"

director Karen ShakhnazarovThe plot of the film seems to have been copied from some novel by the Strugatsky brothers, where the hero finds himself in an unknown city, in which everything is upside down, different concepts and a completely different morality. As in a biblical parable, he is presented with his head on a platter, only the head is not someone else's, but himself … And there is only one way out, you need to get used to it urgently, so as not to go crazy. However, there is also wisdom in the film. Which in the end will be pulled apart by all and sundry.

5. Film "Investigation in the case of a citizen beyond all suspicion"

director Elio PetriA film that won an Oscar. Comedy! Not a Jewish drama or a hard war. This alone suggests that he is worth something. And there really is something to see. Just imagine - the hero kills his woman, leaves evidence and goes to surrender to the police. In any other case, he would have already been convicted, but that was not the case. The fact is that he is the chief of police himself and no one wants to even suggest that it was him. Who said he wants to go to jail? Not at all, he has other plans …

6. Film "Firemen's Ball"

directed by Milos FormanThe last film of the famous Czechoslovak director filmed in his homeland. And knowing this, one can already assume what could have caught fire in them. That all this red absurdity, this serious circus is like a mirror of the communist regime in which the country lived then. Brave guys, excellent firefighters really set out to hold their own beauty contest at the holiday!

7. The film "Black cat, white cat"

director Emir KusturicaA sparkling, unrestrained, crazy comedy from the genius of Kusturica! Gypsy fun will also raise the dead from the grave, and what does it do with the living … Here they shoot and sing at the same time, they love and steal brides, and they will not do anything for the sake of money. Two old mafiosi are fast asleep as their children fight furiously. But for the sake of the happiness of the young, they, of course, will wake up.

8. The film "Doctor Strangelove, or How I Learned Not to Worry and Love the Atomic Bomb"

director Stanley KubrickIntellectual, but no less absurd comedy from the cult director Stanley Kubrick. Imagine a very real situation: the country is allegedly in danger and a military general sends nuclear bombers to his enemy. But the danger is imaginary, and the planes are already in the air approaching the enemy's borders. And then it also turns out that the enemy has an automatic response - and the country that sent the bombers may have been erased from the Earth to hell … Have you imagined the seriousness of the situation? This is a tragedy! But not in this case.

9. The film "Castle"

director Alexey BalabanovThe film is, of course, based on the famous novel by Franz Kafka. The hero arriving at his destination discovers that no one is waiting for him and no one needs him here. Metaphorically speaking, a castle under a castle. However, curiosity seizes him, he decides to stop here and try to find out what's the matter. Stays so long that he even manages to get married. But it never makes sense. Or is he just inattentively looking? A phantasmagoria from Balabanov, a ghostly plot and lurid characters, a motley texture of the surrounding world, it would seem that everything is there. But where is the answer to be found then?

10. The film "Tootsie"

director Sydney PollackEverything is very simple. The guy does not manage to gain a foothold in the film business, he is not taken anywhere. Then he disguises himself as a woman and gets the desired role. But in order to play, he needs to stop being himself. But he has a girlfriend, and she, of course, has a father. How then to be? In addition, dad suddenly began to like him in a new image … It's an awkward situation, isn't it. And no one knows what will happen when the truth breaks out. A crazy comedy starring Dustin Hoffman and the charming Jessica Lange.

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