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From: urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: what rules?
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Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 11:10:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  5 11:10:10 1985
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In article <864@homxa.UUCP> mengm@homxa.UUCP (P.MENG) writes:

>	This seems to warrant further discussion, this business
>of breaking traditional rules of the cinema.
>	Monty Python are famous for this kind of thing. I can picture
>them in their early days, figuring out what these "rules" are, and then
>methodically finding creative ways to break them. Sort of anti-
>establishment in a way. Some examples follow...

The only non-comedic example of this "breaking the rules" sort
of meta-cinema that I can think of is the (relatively recent)
"French Lieutenant's Woman" in which you watch not only a
historical film but a second story involving the (fictitious)
actors who perform in that film.  Quite remarkable.

The earliest comedic example I can think of is in the Marx Brothers'
"Animal Crackers" in which Groucho announces that he's about to
have a "Strange Interlude" at which point the other actors freeze
and Groucho performs a weird soliloquy directly to the camera.
There are later examples in the Marx Brothers films as well.

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   Mike Urban
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