tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post1350173524330300567..comments2023-12-30T10:13:15.385-08:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 704. The King of ComedyAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-37563466079057992892016-02-15T08:55:19.999-08:002016-02-15T08:55:19.999-08:00I kind of went thinking that it might be part fant...I kind of went thinking that it might be part fantasy, maybe because that's what everyone said about Taxi Driver.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-11183162907988421242016-02-14T22:21:34.107-08:002016-02-14T22:21:34.107-08:00I'd only ever assumed it was all real until I ...I'd only ever assumed it was all real until I read this, but the fantasy notion would explain the ending which I otherwise found to be quite unsatisfactory. One to watch again, methinks...Dessienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-23745436737488240472016-02-06T12:41:53.840-08:002016-02-06T12:41:53.840-08:00I think a lot of people view the ending as Rupert&...I think a lot of people view the ending as Rupert's fantasy! But people always want to say parts of movies were just characters' dreams or something. It is more fun to take it literally.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-12715190034901322152016-02-05T23:19:52.574-08:002016-02-05T23:19:52.574-08:00Please excuse a small 'I told you so'. We ...Please excuse a small 'I told you so'. We have been very much in tune in loathing every Jerry Lewis character and film, and I have a couple of times said something along the lines of "ah, but he was pretty good in 'King of Comedy' "<br />I think this a great film with fantastic grotesque characters commenting on a grotesque culture. As a fully signed up loather of all 'selb culture, I saw every point the film wanted to make.<br />I have to confess that I only ever saw all of the story as 'real' (as opposed to Rupert's fantasy). You say some of it can be seen as fantasy? I will soon pop over to IMDb to see if there i comment on that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918265332894443061noreply@blogger.com