This is the second in my series of Parrot Movies. The first dealt with movies featuring parrots. This list features movies that appeal to parrots. Some of them may not seem all that obvious but you have to remember that, apart from relentlessly mimmicking every embarassing noise you have ever made, parrots have a fascination with a diverse range of subjects. Therefore, in no particular order:
1. Prospero's Books (1991) Fr, Peter Greenaway - Sir John Geilgud dresses up in a capacious robe and drones on and on for three hours. (A friend of mine showed this at his college film club. He got two of the reels in the wrong order and nobody noticed)
2. Police Academy 1 - 6 (1984 - 1989) USA - Steve Guttenberg and a host of others repeat the same gags. Endlessly.
3. Marche de l'empereur, La (2005) Fr, Luc Jacquet - In which a colony of emperor penguins engage in their breeding cycle in antarctica. (cold bird porn)
4. The Birds (1963) USA, Alfred Hitch**** - Based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier, a group of birds decide that California is too small for them and the local humans. Just watch the parrots egging on the seagulls
5. Pollyanna (1960) USA, David Swift - A young girl brings the light of her shining countenance on a miserable, embittered, rancid, foul, irritable community. Sadly, they all end up grinning.
6. Whales: An Unforgettable Journey (1997) USA, David Clark & Al Giddings - A great documentary featuring the lives of many whales through trials and tribulations. I think the attraction is more in the sound of the whale song than in the action.
7. The Big Sleep (1946) USA, Howard Hawks - Classic film noir based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Starring Humphrey Bogart as cool but confused private detective Philip Marlowe. God alone knows how the plot resolves itself.
8. The Sound of Music (1965) USA, Robert Wise - Oscar winning musical portraying the lives of the von Trapp family as they plot to escape the enveloping Nazi regime in 1930's Austria. My own most memorable moment was to see a row of three parrots nodding their heads and squawking along with 'Doh a deer'.
9. Last Tango in Paris (1972) UK/USA, Bernado Bertolucci - In which a young woman develops an unlikely relationship with a fat, balding, middle-aged man who insists that their relationship is based only on sex. Some wish fulfilment going on here, I think.
10. Exterminating Angel (1962) Fr, Luis Bunuel - In which a party of degenerate aristocrats find they are unable to depart their lavish chateau. As time goes on they descend to the uttermost depths of depravity.
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"What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers."
Dave Barry
"What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers."
Dave Barry
This totally bums me out, now if I want to talk about ****ier ****neyed ****roaches using ****leburs as weapons in a ****fight, what will I do? What if one cold****s the other one? This is a real pain in the ass!
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We're just like Cheers except nobody knows your name. So, why don't you have a drink?
You have to refer to knobier dickneyed wangroaches using johnsonleburs as weapons in a williefight. And if one coldwieners the other... Well I'm afraid that's life.
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"What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers."
Dave Barry
Wait!! I've just had a great idea. What say we substitute the deleted expletives with the phrase "Beep-nasty"
For example:
"He threatened his terrified enemies with his huge, throbbing Beep-nasty!"
What do you think?
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"What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers."
Dave Barry
