Comedy recommendations for Producer Mike

[JonFromMaplewood]

For the holidays, a list of comedy recommendations for Producer Mike:

1. The Seventh Seal - Knight takes bishop. Rook takes pawn. Max Von Sydow takes funny bone. Check mate!

2. Ordinary People - Mary Tyler Moore's up to her old antics again. Yuk-master Timothy Hutton's along for the ride too! Dysfunctional family, fully-functional fun!

3. Black Hawk Down - That solider's not gutshot. He's doubled over with laughter!

4. Dead Man Walking - Not since his turn as Jeff Spicoli has Sean Penn inspired such mirth. A lethal injection of comedy!

5. Platoon - What do you know about humor? TOM BERENGER IS HUMOR!

[Matt]

Songs From the Second Floor

[JonFromMaplewood]

I've never seen "Songs from the Second Floor," but it must be a stitch: According to IMDB, if you liked it, then you'll also enjoy "The Big Lebowski."

[Martin]

C'mon, those are all lightweights.

I suggest a one-two-three punch of

Nekromantik (Jörg Buttgereit's classic romcom: a love triangle between a man, a woman, and a corpse - bring a date!)

Diên Biên Phu (the French go to the battlefield in Indochina - they fight, they die, they go home; next day they're on it again - it's like the Groundhog Day of bleak war movies!)

and

The Promise (gritty/quirky social-realism drama by the Dardenne Bros - they're like Belgium's Farrelly Bros!)


(BTW: Songs is an amazing masterpiece and also very, very funny - see it.)

[masterofsparks]

Requiem for a Dream

[Jason]

My fucking life.

[Omar]

Pixote

[Sarah]

That was going to be my recommendation, Omar!  It was such a hoot!

Lots of Lars von Trier's output is pretty hilarious, too.

[masterofsparks]

City of God
Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom

[Laurie]

Lilya 4-Ever
Irreversible

[JonFromMaplewood]

Wow!  Tough crowd.  City of God was a good one.

I'll see your City of God and raise you a Maria Full of Grace.  Just try not to laugh! You'll be like the soldiers in "Life of Brian" trying not to crack up at Michael Palin's speech impediment.

-Jon from Maplewood

[JonFromMaplewood]

That was freaky. Two "Life of Brian" references within seconds of each other.

[Martin]

How about the laugh-fest to end all laugh-fests - Shoah?

[B_Buster]

Thanks for the recommendations, everyone. I've already seen a lot of these, so I guess you've got my number. I'll be adding the few I haven't seen to my Netflix list (Songs from the Second Floor looks intriguing).

My recommendation is a documentary called Dope Sick Love. It's currently available on HBO On Demand.

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/dopesicklove/index.html

It's about two junkie couples living it up on the streets of NYC. Needless to say, hijinks ensue. Enjoy!

P.S. Dope Sick Love makes Bubbles from The Wire (the grittiest, most realistic show ever conceived!) look like a poser (in fact, that's exactly what Matt from Dope Sick Love would call Bubbles).

[Jason]

I'm going to watch this now to cheer me up.