Happy Blazing Saddles 50th
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I find the "could never be made today" thing to be really stupid. It's already been made and is widely available, why would it need to be made again?
great movie, I think I watched it for the first time when I was 16 years old (1991)
even then, some of the jokes went over my head
even then, some of the jokes went over my head
Yeah but you could never make Avatar in the 70s. Forget Avatar: The Way of Water
I would like to see a remake only for the cultural uproar it would cause. Nothing could ever top the original but the discourse would be outstanding
Honest question, what was the last original storyline movie you saw?
Everything is a remake today.
Yeah. It was written by Richard Pryor. That calms a lot of the would be outrage. I think if Seth McFarlane wrote one similar, there might be an issue. But if Chappelle wrote one, it would be fine.
Original screenplay or original storyline? Most movies made from original screenplays have recognizable plot elements but I would say they are still pretty original. From this past year, I would say The Holdovers leans on tropes and may remind you of something like Catcher in the Rye but it was definitely original.
Pryor was one of five people who wrote it.
Yup.
Pryor and Brooks auditioned about 100 actors until being captivated by Cleavon Little, a Broadway star Brooks described as “this beautiful, sculptured, laidback man”. Pryor was blunter. “I’m coffee-coloured and have a moustache, I look Cuban,” he told Brooks. “That mother****er is so Black; he’s gonna scare the s*** out of that town.’”
For the white screenwriters, the racist slurs were a problem. However, Pryor was adamant they must use the “N” word – and frequently. “We are writing a story of racial prejudice. That’s the word, the only word. It’s profound, it’s real, and the more we use it from the rednecks, the more the victory of the Black sheriff will resonate,” he said. The result was a groundbreaking satire of bigotry, with the sophisticated Bart (he has a Gucci saddlebag) deftly exposing the stupidity of the white racists. When a chain-gang boss demands a “good old n***** work song”, the Sheriff and his Black co-workers croon Cole Porter’s “I Get No Kick from Champagne”. The punchline is that the white cowboys end up in a ludicrous demonstration of how to sing and dance to “De Camptown Races”. Later, when the townsfolk want to shoot Bart, he escapes by holding a gun to his own throat and faking a surreal self-hostage situation. “Oh, baby, you’re so talented... and they are so dumb,” he remarks.
The most unsettling moment, though, is when Bart meets a resident from Rock Ridge, the sort of bonnet-wearing, sweet-looking old lady who is a stereotype of the western, and she yells: “Up yours, n*****!” in his face. When Bart returns to his sheriff’s office, his drunken gunslinger deputy Jim the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder) notices his crestfallen face and says, “These people are the common clay of the New West… you know… morons.” Brooks said that line always got the biggest laugh from cinema audiences, who were sampling the big screen’s first interracial buddy comedy.
Blazing Saddles at 50: How Mel Brooks created the wackiest western ever made
The director’s groundbreaking satire of bigotry had a wild journey to the screen, with drugs in the writers’ room and attempts to prohibit almost all of its controversial scenes. Martin Chilton looks back on how the creation, making and legacy of ‘Blazing Saddles’ were as anarchic as the film itself
www.independent.co.uk
Plenty of original movies. Most of them don’t get a big studio roll out anymore that’s all. More cost effective for small release and hope it catches fire. If it doesn’t send it to streaming. Some of the best films I’ve seen the past few years never got a huge release.
The Barbarian
The Sound of Metal
Minar
Coda
Dr. Samuel Johnson’s right about Olsen Johnson being right.
I used to be in the "This could never be made today" camp, but I don't think I am anymore. It prob could be made. I think I fall more in the "if it were made today it prob wouldn't be as good, widely acclaimed."
All 10 oscar best pics this year are original screenplays.
Last year 7 were original screenplays, 2 were sequels, and only 1 was a remake.
Plenty of good, original works being made.
Correct but most of those films aren’t really getting huge ad campaigns. The way we consume content has changed. If u can’t find great original movies u need to simply look closer at your streaming app. Vengeance is another overlooked movie by BJ Novak. Would have never known about it if I hadn’t dug deeper into my Prime search beyond the suggested page.
I watched Self Reliance on Hulu last night. It was a lot of fun.
Well now. Who can argue with that. Gabby Johnson said it perfectly
The giant in the Thriller jacket. Then the guy in the club line pointing out the inaccuracy of the jacket.
The guy correcting him on the relationships between the mario characters.The giant in the Thriller jacket. Then the guy in the club line pointing out the inaccuracy of the jacket.
Great line written by Pryor was cut too. The scene when Madeleine Khan is about to sleep with the Sheriff. Is it true what they say about you people being gifted. Shuts the lights off. O. It’s tru, it’s tru. Sheriff replies stop it you’re sucking on my arm.
I told a co-worker last week, "He's killed more men than Cecille B. DeMille", and he didn't get my reference on two levels.
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My associates are getting to be too young.
I dropped some Stripes and Raising Arizona lines and they looked at me like I had two heads.
Kinda agree. I think the dudes who created South Park agree too.
Two great UIowa guys in this.
Wilder and mongo.
OMG Raising Arizona
LOL we took our kids to see it when it came out.
Were we bad parents? 😅
You earn a bonus point for that Mom. That’s just good parenting right there.
Would today’s “public” tolerate the language and nuances of “Blazing Saddles”? I seriously doubt it. Not in today’s world of “political correctness”?
Would “ play some if that good ol’ ni—er work music” be included today? Doubtful…
A couple months ago I showed this to my wife, couldn't believe she'd never seen it before.
Raising Arizona is amazing. The scene that is funny, but really nails something for me is when H.I. and Ed are driving along and arguing. It's like the most married scene ever.
