King of Comedy Blu-ray Spain - Video essay by film

- Video essay by film scholar Judith Mayne

William Holden and Robert Duvall are uniformly good but a speech delivered by Ned Beatty and a scene with Beatrice Straight live long in the memory

analyses Frankenheimer's 1962 sophisticated (prophetic

the eight characteristics of "the swordswoman" in King Hu's films and archival images

Original English and Italian soundtracks

King of Comedy Blu-ray Spain - Video essay by film'The King of Comedy' Director: Martin Scorsese (1982) Region free. Darkly comic exploration of delusion, frustration and shallowness. De Niro gives one of the great performances as 'Rupert Pupkin' a man obsessed with gaining recognition and fame as a comedian who persistently pursues his idol 'Jerry Langford' (Jerry Lewis) with the aim of getting a spot on his chat show. Often uncomfortable to watch normal human interaction seems beyond more than one