This will be my tenth post here on Bleeding Fool, so I’m keeping it brief and positive. In future, I hope to post more regularly, and delve deeper into film analysis and opinions. Maybe get a bit edgier. But mostly, I want to share some of the more obscure, underrated, and overlooked pieces of cinema that have largely passed under the cultural radar. Older films, foreign films, indies, obscure fantasies, unseen animation- doesn’t matter.
I’m a compulsive list maker, I’ll find material. What with Modern Hollywood acting as though the Ragnarok of creative ideas is upon them, and the obscene number of remakes they’re vomiting forth from the bowels of their talentless wells, it’s easy to forget that there is a vast wealth of hidden gems waiting to be rediscovered. Even if film, as an art, really is dead, it’s not like we’re bereft of stories. And in appreciation at being able to publish my somewhat rambling thoughts on this forum, and since we could all use us a laugh, I’ve decided to share a few comedies that may not be the cultural touchstones that others are, but that still provide a fun and much-needed relief from the Cultural Apocalypse surrounding us.
No particular order, though the last ones are the best.
The Frisco Kid (1979) – directed by Robert Aldrich. Starring – Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford. “I have read this book! I did not understand one word.”
🎥 THE FRISCO KID (1979) | Trailer | Full HD | 1080p
The Big Bus (1976) – directed by James Frawley. Starring – Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing. “I don’t care what anybody says, I did not eat 110 passengers.”
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) – directed by Henry Koster. Starring – James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara, Fabian. “Engage clutch, and motor will start. If it doesn’t, you did something wrong.”
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) Trailer | James Stewart | Maureen O'Hara
No Time for Sergeants (1958) – directed by Mervyn Leroy. Starring – Andy Griffith, Nick Adams “How would you like to be Permanent Latrine Orderly?”
No Time For Sergeants (1958) Official Trailer - Andy Griffith, Murray Hamilton Movie HD
The Mouse that Roared (1959) – directed by Jack Arnold. Starring – Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg “In effect, we declare war on Monday, we are defeated on Tuesday, and by Friday we will be rehabilitated beyond our wildest dreams.”
The Mouse that Roared TRailer
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) – directed by John Patrick Shanley. Starring – Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan “You didn’t get a second opinion on something called a brain cloud?”
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) Theatrical Trailer
Shanghai Blues (1984) – directed by Tsui Hark. Starring – Kenny Bee, Sylvia Chang, Sally Yeh “Mama Mia!!!
Tsui Hark's Shanghai Blues (1984) 4K Restoration Trailer
Hot Shots! Part Deux! (1993) – directed by Jim Abrahams. Starring – Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golina “These men have taken a supreme vow of celibacy, like their fathers, and their fathers before them…”
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) Trailer | Charlie Sheen | Lloyd Bridges
Murder by Death (1976) – directed by Robert Moore. Starring -Peter Falk, Truman Cabot, Maggie Smith “Say your g#*!@mn pronouns!”
Murder By Death (1976) - Official Trailer
Most of you may already know about these, but if you see one here that’s new to you, or if you can think of other underrated comedies you might want to share, be sure to mention in the comments.
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