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Surreal humour (also called surreal comedy, absurdist humour, or absurdist comedy) is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical.
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together. Director Luis Buñuel Stars Fernando Rey Delphine Seyrig Paul Frankeur
Surreal comedy films. Articles relating to comedy films which use surreal humour. It is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviours that are obviously illogical.
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- 'Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)' (2014) In one of his best roles, Michael Keaton brings to life a faded actor that seems to have fallen into neglect even though he once played an iconic superhero called Birdman.
- 'The Big Lebowski' (1998) The Big Lebowski by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen features two very memorable roles: Jeff Bridges' The Dude and John Goodman's Walter Sobchak.
- 'Airplane!' (1980) Ted Striker (Robert Hays), a former ex-navy pilot with a fear of flying, decides to win back his old flight attendant love interest and boards a domestic flight in the United States, only to realize that one of his passengers is undergoing a severe case of food poisoning that is threatening everyone's lives.
- 'Brazil' (1985) Brazil is another movie set in a dystopian near-future — most precisely in an indeterminate year of the 20th century in a nameless authoritarian European country.
Film, television, radio, literature and web-original works in the surreal humour genre.
Surreal humor is a form of comedy that draws on illogical scenarios, absurdity, and bizarre juxtapositions to evoke laughter. It’s a genre where the unexpected reigns supreme and the conventional rules of narrative don’t apply.
Sep 8, 2015 · Surreal films feature unexpected twists and turns that defy common reasoning and reality. Surreal comedies, by extension, also focus on impossible gags and overall plots that venture from common life. Often, these comedies are even labeled as absurdist do their wacky and baffling content.
