Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Fun as a tool to make absurdity of life digestible
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Deconstructing myth, historical research, figures
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Absurdist comedy and low budget
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parody on filmmaking
•“Rather than targeting the inflated self-importance of every mythic tale, Monty Python and the
Holy Grail is an assault on the self-importance of cinema itself.”

Playing with credibility
•Disrupting the classical structure
•Realistic setting x absurdity of situations
•Interludes
•Breaking the rules of time and space
•Time-wasting jokes
•Soundtrack x the action
•Breaking the fourth wall
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Low budget and parody
•Opening credits and subtitles
•Cartoons and animation
•Horses
•Castles
•Cross-dressing and multiple roles
•King Arthur’s army (crew)
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Works cited and interesting sources:
•Tereza Janáčková, Monty Python vs Jára (da) Cimrman, (A Study of some aspects of the British and
Czech Humour from the late 1960s onwards) - Bachelor Diploma Thesis
•Absurdism and Satire in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life,
https://visualculture.blog.torontomu.ca/absurdism-and-satire-in-monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life/
•David Sims, How Monty Python and the Holy Grail Influenced Film by Satirizing It,
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/how-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-influ
enced-cinema-by-satirizing-it/390195/
•WHAT ‘MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL’ TEACHES US ABOUT FILMMAKING,
http://cinematyler.com/archives/775
•Daniel R. Smith, Monty Python’s popularity tells us something about the history and the future of
comedy: Is anyone still interested in the British comedy act? The Conversation, Aug 05, 2018
https://scroll.in/reel/889182/monty-pythons-popularity-tells-us-something-about-the-history-and-the
-future-of-comedy
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