tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post5759134228678639170..comments2024-03-28T20:37:08.491+11:00Comments on The Audient: When not being funny is supposed to be funnyDerek Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-28600581337476358472017-01-17T16:32:48.366+11:002017-01-17T16:32:48.366+11:00Nearly two years later, I am randomly realizing I ...Nearly two years later, I am randomly realizing I failed to answer your follow-up question on this post. (And am curious to see if you will be notified that I added another comment.) One of the reasons not responding was a terrible oversight is that I *LOVE* Rubber. I think it's hilarious, especially the opening part where the cop asks why certain arbitrary things happen or do not happen in certain famous movies and concludes "No reason" for each. However, where the rubber meets the road (heh) in our differences may come down to Wrong, which should have worked for me in the way Rubber did but totally did not. I guess I need to see Wrong Cops in order to determine where I really stand on Dupieux. Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-51338485369958954612015-05-11T11:48:53.286+10:002015-05-11T11:48:53.286+10:00I'm really bad at remembering specific moments...I'm really bad at remembering specific moments in films, but I was definitely laughing. The dinner scene with Paul Rudd throwing a tantrum over picking up his dishes is one that stands out - I revisit that one on YouTube frequently because it cracks me up so much. It's just the timing and look on Rudd's face, and the look on Garofalo's face. Really, Janeane Garofalo can pretty much just stand there and make me laugh. I just turned the movie on just now briefly and her first scene (sitting on the steps calmly as all the boys scramble back to their bunks) where she goes (after it's really too late, they've already gone by) "You guys aren't supposed to be out of your bunks - you're in big trouble" in a total deadpan...I'm already laughing. Her delivery is priceless. I might just rewatch the whole thing and tally up all the times I laugh, just for your edification. :)<br /><br />Have you seen Quentin Dupieux's Rubber or Wrong? I think Wrong especially has similar absurdist humor, and I'm curious if you've seen/hated it.Jandyhttp://www.the-frame.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-45938641208902587122015-05-11T01:15:03.097+10:002015-05-11T01:15:03.097+10:00Too true. But I guess this raises the question: In...Too true. But I guess this raises the question: In order to find a film funny, do you need to laugh at individual moments, or can it create a kind of cumulative "funny vibe" that renders individual bursts of laughter irrelevant? If it's the latter, I can't get you to describe it any better than you've already done, which is excellently. However, if there ARE some individuals moments that specifically make you laugh, I'd love an example of one or two. <br /><br />Thanks for the comment!Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-75862092393490160842015-05-11T00:40:16.473+10:002015-05-11T00:40:16.473+10:00Senses of humor are funny things (heh). I tend to ...Senses of humor are funny things (heh). I tend to find full-on absurdity like this film has to be funnier than more traditional jokes with set-ups and pay-offs. You complain that the "jokes" (if there are any) don't pay off, and to me, that's what makes the film funny. It's not even that it's like an anti-comedy where it's satirizing comedy or whatever, it's just that it has no interest in playing by any existing set of rules or structure, and I like that.<br /><br />This type of humor doesn't appeal to everyone (obviously!), but you can't really analyze it, either. You can describe why it doesn't work for you (and you did), but that bears essentially no relation to whether it's funny to me or not, because that setup-payoff structure you want the film to have isn't important to me.Jandyhttp://www.the-frame.comnoreply@blogger.com