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Lightening the mood

Posted on April 9th, 2008 at 1:00 pm by Meryl Yourish.

Filed under: Humor

The story of Max. It’s four and a half minutes long, and it’s hilarious.

Via Gerard Vanderleun, with whom I shared Chinese food in San Diego a few years back.

Merci, Max.

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4 Responses to “Lightening the mood”

  1. A Steve Says:
    April 9th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    I don’t think I get the joke.

  2. Meryl Yourish Says:
    April 9th, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    Steve, humor is subjective. I couldn’t stop laughing. You can’t have too many parodies of French film noir. Especially not ones that star the writer of Chinese fortune cookies.

  3. Tom Frank Says:
    April 9th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    I just found that depressing…like all such French films.

    Poor kitty; must have been the second hand smoke.

    I DO always wonder if the translation is accurate; I know that sometimes, it isn’t even close, if the actor knows that he isn’t playing for an audience that actually knows the language, he can get away with saying most anything…

  4. A Steve Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 12:30 am

    I see now. My wife and I haven’t had much experience with French cinema beyond the short in Monty Python’s Meaning of Life {Fishy fishy fishy FISH! :) }. It probably works much better if you’re familiar with French noir.

    This is more my speed: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8G_L9tXEwmc

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