Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), dir. by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam
I've lost count of how many times I've seen this movie.
It's the perfect movie comedy. The Pythons take the most beloved, central myth of Great Britain and tear into it like a lion feasting on a freshly slaughtered gazelle. They use various types of comedy, all on point: slapstick (the Black Knight), silly ("Ni!"), musical ("Camelot!"), and intellectual ("strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government").
I could quote this movie backwards and forwards. I have quoted this movie backwards and forwards. Heck, even the long stretch of black screen (with organ accompaniment) at the end is funny. (It helps if you're stoned....)
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Date: 2020-09-06 08:10 pm (UTC)I've lost count of how many times I've seen this movie.
It's the perfect movie comedy. The Pythons take the most beloved, central myth of Great Britain and tear into it like a lion feasting on a freshly slaughtered gazelle. They use various types of comedy, all on point: slapstick (the Black Knight), silly ("Ni!"), musical ("Camelot!"), and intellectual ("strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government").
I could quote this movie backwards and forwards. I have quoted this movie backwards and forwards. Heck, even the long stretch of black screen (with organ accompaniment) at the end is funny. (It helps if you're stoned....)
https://youtu.be/EJdzuwSF-Fc
https://youtu.be/LRWJxhP-9n4