what if Groucho heard it and was like >:o (because he doesn’t like cursing in comedy and stuff) and it’s like a weird role reversal of their typical dynamic
The 70 year old Buster Keaton made his final movie appearance in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (1966), and improvised one last pratfall which apparently caught everyone completely by surprise. Keaton died on February 1, 1966.
In the fall of 2012 the Yale University Art Gallery hosted the film series Out of This Same Light – Six Films Considered by Robert Adams in conjunction with the retrospective Robert Adams: The Place We Live.
The accompanying program included text about each film written by Adams himself, and a few dozen titles for further viewing. I’ve been unable to find any notes online about the series or the program and thought I’d share Adams’s list here.
What follows are forty-one movies hand picked by Robert Adams, “Some favorite movies, some as tough as they come, a few mostly for laughs… all to help us better endure or enjoy life…”
Our Hospitality Buster Keaton and Jack Blystone 1923, United States
Go West Buster Keaton 1925, United States
The General Buster Keaton 1926, United States
You’re Telling Me! Erle C. Kenton 1934, United States
A Night at the Opera Sam Wood 1935, United States
The Grapes of Wrath John Ford 1940, United States
The Shop Around the Corner Ernst Lubitsch 1940, United States
Roma, città aperta (Rome, Open City) Roberto Rossellini 1945, Italy
My Darling Clementine John Ford 1946, United States
Hamlet Laurence Olivier 1948, United Kingdom
Banshun (Late Spring) Yasujiro Ozu 1949, Japan
Bakushu (Early Summer) Yasujiro Ozu 1951, Japan
Tokyo Story Yasujiro Ozu 1953, Japan
Ordet (The Word) Carl Dreyer 1955, Denmark
Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) Satyajit Ray 1955, India
Richard III Laurence Olivier 1955, United Kingdom
Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick 1957, United States
Wild Strawberries Ingmar Bergman 1957, Sweden
A bout de souffle (Breathless) Jean-Luc Godard 1960, France
Winter Light Ingmar Bergman 1962, Sweden
Ma nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud’s) Eric Rohmer 1969, France
Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson 1970, United States
A New Leaf Elaine May 1971, United States
Annie Hall Woody Allen 1977, United States
The In-Laws Arthur Hiller 1979, United States
Manhattan Woody Allen 1979, United States
Gregory’s Girl Bill Forsyth 1981, United States
La notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars) Paolo and Vittorio Taviani 1982, Italy
Local Hero Bill Forsyth 1983, United States
Broadway Danny Rose Woody Allen 1984, United States
Comfort and Joy Bill Forsyth 1984, United States
The Trip to Bountiful Peter Masterson 1985, United States
Le rayon vert Eric Rohmer 1986, France
Moonstruck Norman Jewison 1987, United States
Conte de printemps (A Tale of Springtime) Eric Rohmer 1990, France
El sol del membrillo (Dream of LIght [Quince Tree of the Sun]) Victor Erice 1992, Spain
My Cousin Vinny Jonathan Lynn 1992, United States
Fargo Joel Coen 1996, United States
Conte d’automne (Autumn Tale) Eric Rohmer 1998, France
Migratory Cocoanuts 