Comedians and Comedies Series
Vermont comedians present comedies that impacted their own sense of what’s funny: Drop Dead Gorgeous presented by Adison Eyring, Real Genius presented by Max Higgins. Design for Living presented by Seth Jarvis, Harold & Maude presented by Marianne Dimascio, and The Incredible Shrinking Woman presented by Amy Halpin Riley.
Vermont International Film Festival, 60 Lake Street, 1st floor
$10 admission unless otherwise noted.
Advance purchase recommended. Screenings sell out.
Fri, Jul 5 @ 7:00 PM
Design for Living (1933)
A brilliant example of all that we lost when the Hays Code landed on Hollywood and prevented anything funny from happening from 1934 to 1968 (with exceptions, sure), Design for Living is a sexy comedy for adults…what’s not to love?
Fri, Aug 2 @ 7:00 PM
Harold & Maude (1971)
Two funeral-crashers – a teenaged boy and an elderly woman (Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon, respectively, both utterly fabulous) – develop a deep relationship in this classic ‘70s comedy from Hal Ashby. The humor is dark-dark-dark – there’s death everywhere, and much of guffaw-humor comes from Harold’s increasingly elaborate and hysterical fake-suicide attempts – but there’s a very human heart in the movie.
Sun, Aug 11 @ 3:00 PM
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
The great Lily Tomlin does her thing in this comedy, written by Tomlin’s longtime creative partner Jane Wagner. This creative mix of physical comedy, satire, sci-fi and social commentary baffled critics when it came out in 1981, but has achieved cult status in the intervening decades.