Artists and Models (1955) :
Brief Review -
What Fukrey attempted in 2013, Martin and Lewis had done 6 decades ago, and so much better. Remember that silly dream coming to reality idea? What they called it, "Deja Vu," or "Deja Chu," in Fukrey, was somehow born here in 1955 with Artists and Models. The rest of the script differs, though. One more thing: Fukrey attempts childish humor through a grown-up character who is accompanied by a much smarter and more mature character. See, even that was born here, maybe. Forget the comparison because we are talking about a film that was made 7 decades ago and had a much better impact on contemporary audiences. Artists and Models is the 14th film of the Martin and Lewis duo, and they both are on a roll here. They were slightly late for that duo or team tag that time since the likes of Marx Bros, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, and a few others were already making waves all over. Coming back to this film, I feel this one has remained underrated due to its highly generous and colorful humor. Eugene sees highly unimaginative dreams, and Rick is fed up with his childish behavior. Eugene meets a bat lady and falls in love, not knowing her real identity, or rather, not being mature enough to understand it. The bat lady's roommate and Rick begin a sweet romance, and they are all linked to each other in some way or another, but mainly because of their jobs as artists. Rick uses Eugene's dreams to make money, but shockingly, all those turn out to be true and become a scientific threat to the nation's security. Will Rick be able to save Eugene when the enemies are on the hunt? Basically, it's a totally crazy film. It's what they used to call it, "Madcap." The dialogues, songs and characters are all funny, visually beautiful, and sexy. Frank Tashlin's Vista Vision musical comedy is crazy enough to be called one of the finest madcap and riotous comedies from the 1950s, if you ever really cared about real gems from the genre or ever understood them. Watch it, and you won't regret some mad fun.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
What Fukrey attempted in 2013, Martin and Lewis had done 6 decades ago, and so much better. Remember that silly dream coming to reality idea? What they called it, "Deja Vu," or "Deja Chu," in Fukrey, was somehow born here in 1955 with Artists and Models. The rest of the script differs, though. One more thing: Fukrey attempts childish humor through a grown-up character who is accompanied by a much smarter and more mature character. See, even that was born here, maybe. Forget the comparison because we are talking about a film that was made 7 decades ago and had a much better impact on contemporary audiences. Artists and Models is the 14th film of the Martin and Lewis duo, and they both are on a roll here. They were slightly late for that duo or team tag that time since the likes of Marx Bros, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, and a few others were already making waves all over. Coming back to this film, I feel this one has remained underrated due to its highly generous and colorful humor. Eugene sees highly unimaginative dreams, and Rick is fed up with his childish behavior. Eugene meets a bat lady and falls in love, not knowing her real identity, or rather, not being mature enough to understand it. The bat lady's roommate and Rick begin a sweet romance, and they are all linked to each other in some way or another, but mainly because of their jobs as artists. Rick uses Eugene's dreams to make money, but shockingly, all those turn out to be true and become a scientific threat to the nation's security. Will Rick be able to save Eugene when the enemies are on the hunt? Basically, it's a totally crazy film. It's what they used to call it, "Madcap." The dialogues, songs and characters are all funny, visually beautiful, and sexy. Frank Tashlin's Vista Vision musical comedy is crazy enough to be called one of the finest madcap and riotous comedies from the 1950s, if you ever really cared about real gems from the genre or ever understood them. Watch it, and you won't regret some mad fun.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.