Dying Laughing [Blu-ray]
The agony and the ecstasy of being a Stand-up Comedian - and the boring life bits in between.
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Blu-ray Details
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: May 9, 2017
- Originally Released: 2016
- Label: Gravitas Ventures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Directed by | Lloyd Stanton & Paul Toogood | |
| Composition by | Edward Shearmur |
Entertainment Reviews:
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37%
Rating: 1/5 --
Subject after subject - joke-crafting, set-building, room-running, dying on stage, living on the road, etc. - gets treated with bloodless abstraction by people who tell funny, engaging stories about their experiences for a living. Weird.
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San Diego Reader
Rating: 3/5 --
The endless conveyor belt of talking heads does rather lose its lustre over time, and some actual standup would have been welcome, but there's a dizzying amount of insight ...
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Guardian
Rating: 2/4 --
The movie kicks off poorly, with a battery of familiar conceits from big stars.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 3.5/4 --
It's great and it's valuable and it's wonderful, because we love seeing and hearing these all-time greats talk about what they do with such passion and candor.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 4/5 --
There's nothing radical about this comedy doc's talking-head format, but it's a sharply edited masterclass with a formidable roll call: Seinfeld, Silverman, Rock, Coogan, dozens more.
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Total Film
[W]ith some savagely funny accounts of the many ways that comedians deal with hecklers, and one devastating account of a gig going horribly wrong.
The Guardian
Rating: 3/5 --
By juxtaposing the monochrome talking heads with colour snapshots of life on the road, the co-directors convey something of the agony and ecstasy of a potentially soul-destroying vocation.
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Radio Times
Product Description:
Standup comics discuss the agony and ecstasy of their profession, and what it takes to make it in the sometimes unfunny, but deeply rewarding business of making people laugh. Interviewees include Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Garry Shandling, Cedric the Entertainer, and Billy Connolly. Directed by Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood.
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