ROMANES EUNT DOMUS?

[defrog]

Somehow I missed the fact that Monty Python’s Life Of Brian came out 30 years ago.

The Telegraph has a nice write-up of the film’s production (which only happened because George Harrison was willing to back it) and the subsequent outrage upon its release.

And it may be an obvious thing to say, but I think Sanjeev Bhaskar is right – you probably couldn’t get a film like this made in 2009 even as an independent production. And even if you did a Rodriguez and financed it yrself by volunteering for scientific experiments, you’d probably never get anyone to distribute it.

Of course, you could always stick on the YouTubes. Still, odds are at least one cast member would be assassinated by teabaggers within a year.

So naturally I still think it’s one of the funniest films ever made.

Here’s my favorite scene.

"Tinariwen - Koud Edhaz Emin" (Watch on YouTube)

Only Python could work in a Latin grammar lesson into a film AND make it funny.

Conjugate the verb “to go”,

This is dF

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[drhoz.livejournal.com]

One of my favourites too :)