In those circles traveled by fans and collectors of anything home video, few things are more hallowed than The Criterion Collection’s first volume of their World Cinema Project DVD/Blu-ray series. One of the company’s most lauded and adored releases in recent memory, Volume 1 of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project included six new restorations of six legendary films spanning the history of world cinema. From a foundational work in African cinema to a tale of sexual obsession that changed the history of Korean filmmaking, the first in this series has become one of the most important and exciting releases in recent Criterion Collection memory.
And finally, they’re back for a second round.
Again bringing to light six superlative films from across the world, “No. 2” as it’s billed on their website features a treasure trove of world cinema that in many ways rivals if not exceeds its predecessor.
And finally, they’re back for a second round.
Again bringing to light six superlative films from across the world, “No. 2” as it’s billed on their website features a treasure trove of world cinema that in many ways rivals if not exceeds its predecessor.
- 6/16/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Title: When Comedy Went to School Directors: Ron Frank, Mevlut Akkaya A grand-scale survey of Jewish humor from the middle portion of the 20th century, shambling documentary “When Comedy Went to School” represents an amiable, openhearted attempt to shine a spotlight on the ethnic lineage of observational stand-up, and its roots in the vaudevillian era. Ostensibly a look at the so-called greatest generation of comedians — a generation that includes the likes of Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Jerry Stiller, Jackie Mason and Mort Sahl, all interviewed here — and the manner in which they got their training, pre-television, the film is unfortunately too scattered and bereft of focus to connect [ Read More ]
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- 8/14/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
From When Comedy Went to School's opening moments, when a dulcet-toned Robert Klein says, "It was an Oz without the Wicked Witch," this enchanting documentary on the rise, fall, and small-scale rebirth of the Catskills has something of a fairy tale quality. Directors Ron Frank and Mevlut Akkaya have crafted a deceptively (in the best way) soothing tribute to the Catskills as the geographical and cultural birthplace of modern stand-up. It succinctly sketches in the trek from vaudeville to Chris Rock; from "take my wife, please" jokes to stinging political humor. But at the film's core is a mapping of the evolution of American Jewish identity, and how the trajectory of the Eastern European Jews who built the Catskills came to embody the American dream. Rich with clips from films (...
- 7/24/2013
- Village Voice
Title: When Comedy Went to School International Film Circuit Director: Mevlut Akkaya, Ron Frank Screenwriter: Lawrence Richards Cast: Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Robert Klein, Jackie Mason, Mort Sahl, Jerry Stiller, Larry King Screened at: Vimeo, NYC, 6/8/13 Opens: July 31, 2013 You’re intimidated by Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Bentham, Russell, and Nietzsche. You think their writings and dialogues are too difficult to understand or even irrelevant to our times. But you want to know the answer to the most basic philosophic question, which is “how should I live my life?” So what do you do? Simply memorize this: “We’re all going to die, so we might as well laugh until we [ Read More ]
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- 6/8/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
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