Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema: British Comedy

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Mark Kermode reveals the film-making tricks and techniques behind classic movie genres, from romcoms to horrors.

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Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema: Series 3: British Comedy

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Mark Kermode shows how making fools of ourselves can make for seriously good cinema.

From side-splitting classics to overlooked gems, Mark Kermode shows how making fools of ourselves can make for seriously good cinema.

Mark Kermode returns with a third series of his Secrets of Cinema in which he explores the conventions that underpin our favourite movies and examines the techniques film-makers use to keep us coming back for more.  
 
In a revealing look at one of the defining genres of British cinema, Mark argues that comedy films win laughs by tapping into our abiding national preoccupations. We love to root for the underdog or 'little man', a key figure who appears in countless guises. We delight in seeing class and manners satirised and subverted. We’re fascinated by films that mix comedy and crime. We enjoy home-grown pastiches and parodies that take the big beasts of Hollywood down a peg. And then there’s the infamous phenomenon of the British sex comedy... 
 
From side-splitting classics to overlooked gems, Mark shows how making fools of ourselves can make for seriously good cinema.

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Mark Kermode explores the conventions that underwrite the movies we love the most and the techniques film-makers use to keep us coming back for more.

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