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Originally Posted by keirarts  Great dictator is a cheat of sorts. It parodies Hitler and the Nazi's rather than another film or genre. Team America is similar but at least also parodies action movie tropes and the depiction of America in its own cinema. |
I have
The Great Dictator on my (provisional) list as my understanding is the film parodies
The Triumph of the Will and the other Nazi newsreel footage of Hitler, and its counterpart in Italy with Mussolini.
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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs I didn't go with Airplane seeing as it parodies the Airport series.
The Airport series parodies itself following the first film. I mean, look at Airport 75 - Charlton Heston boarding the plane via the cockpit window whilst the plane is in flight. Far funnier than Nielsen and co.
Then there's this. A nun strumming guitar songs to Linda Blair.  |
I may be wrong, but I thought the reference point for Airplane! was a much earlier film: 1957's
Zero Hour! Has anyone seen it?