TOP 10 & HONORABLE MENTIONS of Hollywood Celebrity/Film Making Satires! (1 Viewer)

[Nils Luehrmann]

Damen,

You must have too much time on your hands to be so interested in arguing semantics when, as you appear to be well educated, must surely understand that the 'meaning' of words is subjective. If you need to define each word by how it is written in Websters, then I understand why you seem so caught up in the meaning of Satire (and probably other words that you hold so dearly).

I wish you well, but you may want to consider that words have multiple meanings and can only be defined by their use. Looking over the list, and understanding the content, I am surprised you were unable to understand the use of the word satire to describe this group.

I think there is a forum for those that enjoy arguing semantics and I would invite you to post your comments there regarding the 'meaning' of satire.

In the meantime I think I'll write a satire on those flawed individuals who think each word has only one defined meaning.

Come to think of it, I believe Ethan Cowen already did.

 

[Yumbo]

I'll Do Anything.

Incisive, cutting, sweet.

Scored by Hans.

toes up! :b

 

[Damin J Toell]

In the meantime I think I'll write a satire on those flawed individuals who think each word has only one defined meaning.

Thanks for yet another personal insult. And on that note...

DJ

 

[Nils Luehrmann]

LOL, you are quite an interesting character Damien. I think it best that I simply agree to disagree and get back to the main topic...

I left out three other satires, one in which I am adding to the Top 10:

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Mel Brook's is one of film's greatest satirists and this send-up of the silent film era is a long misunderstood gem.


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This Preston Sturges classic is a must see and features Veronica Lake at her very best! The satire is subtle, but relevant enough to make it onto the honorable mentions.


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This may seem an odd choice, but if you have never seen it, or it's been a long time - give it another viewing, but watch it as a satire, not as an action adventure movie and you may be pleasantly surprised how relevant and entertaining it is.

 

[Nils Luehrmann]

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[Nils Luehrmann]

I have been getting PMed asking for my review of:

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Here is a link to my review:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...96#post1342996

The following is regarding my idea for an alternate ending:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...51#post1429951

 

[Nils Luehrmann]

I realize this thread had come and gone, but I just watched 'The Independent' and it fits perfectly with this group of films!

This film is a marvelous mockumentary satire of a 70's exploitation film maker (naturally Roger Corman is one of the many celebrities who have a cameo in this film).

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[Seth Paxton]

There are a couple of great Chaplin shorts satirizing film production, Behind the Screen and His New Job are two that come to my mind.


Do we count Project Greenlight? (it was pretty funny at times, though sadly it did not represent exaggeration)


And you definitely have left off one of the great ones...My Favorite Year.

 

[Richard Kim]

How about the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink (which I got early on DVD ), a surreal episode of a first time screenwriter suffering writer's block in 1940's Hollywood.

 

[WillardK]

Contempt

and more about television than film, but most definitely about celebrity:
King of Comedy

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

Just curious, but why did you include The Princess Bride? Is Christopher Guest an uncredited writer on the screenplay?

I'm guessing Nils probably just made a mistake. Christopher Guest did have an important supporting role as Count Rugen, but he never wrote the film - that was all William Goldman (mostly lifted straight from his wonderful novel).

 

[Nils Luehrmann]

Thought you all might find this amusing - the website for 'The Independent' lists well over a hundred 'films' made by the fictitious Fineman Films. Here are only a small sample of them. Click on the pic to get a short synopsis:

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