Tag: Python
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Bye Bye Morons review – frantically misjudged French farce doesn’t travel well
Albert Dupontel stars in his own hectic romp, which tries and fails to be funny about disability and dyingBafflement has to be the chief response to this laboured, weirdly misjudged comedy from French actor and film-maker Albert Dupontel, supposedly inspired by the anarchic spirit of Terry Gilliam, who has been credited for “participation exceptionelle” and…
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‘Horrible Histories’ Movie Director on Taking History Lessons From Monty Python
Homework for Dominic Brigstocke, the director of “Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans,” included watching Monty Python and speaking to “Blackadder” co-creator Richard Curtis as he and the team went about taking a hit kids’ show from the small to big screen.“There’s a great tradition of the British making fun of their history,” Brigstocke…