the continuing conversation between art and life
As a fully-paid up comedy writing fan, I'm delighted by a Youtube documentary "Life before the Flying Circus" - featuring the background to the Monty Python comedy team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYtlFoe-biY I've watched lots of comedy documentaries in my time, and will seek out ones on Monty Python - but this programme seems to have the edge …
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One minute to view 10 beautiful train stations in the world, pieced together by Curbed website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Lx8WNGuhA Good design. Art and life. One of the stations, Central Station, New York, was used for a very expressive scene in the film "Fisher King" where two awkward characters almost meet - and the magic of the …
He who animated the pictures on the Monty Python shows, who filmed "Brazil", "Time Bandits", "The Fisher King", "the Adventures of Baron Munchausen".... lo he speaketh. Long story long, there is his autobiography, which he calls his "me-me-me-memoir" and published 4 months ago. (Judging by which he is beginning to look like Orson Welles...) Or …
