Genre discussion

We noticed a lot of comedic elements in Curtis’ films, mostly as they are comedys, but also found that the jokes we mostly laughed at were to do with the characters likeability and realism and also the parts that were oddly dark and yet still humourish. We talked up everything we knew about the 60s; the wild colourful clothing, the hippys, the music, sex drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, the music, Mick Jagger, the music, sex, drugs, the music….mostly the music stood out, but to us a wild happy and fun side that could be seen even in the day to day occurances. Perhaps it is looking back and into a decade, or what we know about it anyway as neither of us were around in the 60s, that creates a happy feel like being able to wish it was the relaxed hippy times everyone talks about. Perhaps it is the music that seems so alien to us now that makes it a funny decade. I know for me there is a warm British feel, a patriotic element to the 60s that creates wild and wacky characters that make everyday jobs and lives more interesting to live in, to me they are funny odd characters. We therefore settled that a comical film was needed, but not a one liner, punch line film and not a slapstick film based upon an early Chaplin black and white film, but a dakrly comical film that looked interesting and was just fun to watch and make.