Monday, November 23, 2009
Duck Soup at the Charles Tonight
If I had time today, I would go watch Duck Soup at the Charles Theatre. One of my favorite movies of all time.
"The Marx Brothers' best movie (1933) and, not coincidentally, the one with the strongest director—Leo McCarey, who had the flexibility to give the boys their head and the discipline to make some formal sense of it. Groucho is Rufus T. Firefly, brought in by Margaret Dumont to restore order to the crumbling country of Freedonia; his competition consists of two bumbling spies, Chico and Harpo, sent in by the failed Shakespearean actor (Louis Calhern) who runs the country next door. The antiwar satire is dark, trenchant, and typical of Paramount's liberal orientation at the time. 70 min. (Dave Kehr)"
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2 comments:
damn, wish i heard about this earlier. probably the only movie that actually makes my ribs hurt from laughing.
double damn! wish i didn't have to teach tonight. Maybe I'll take my class on a field trip to the Charles...I'd rather watch Duck Soup than Raging Bull.
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