Javascript not supported on your browser, please enable Javascript in order to fully utilize the website. Available in: p. WEB p. If you torrent without a VPN, your ISP can see that you're torrenting and may throttle your connection and get fined by legal action! Since the early days, Jerry Lewis - in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel - had the masses laughing with his visual gags, pantomime sketches and signature slapstick humor.
Yet Lewis was far more than just a clown. He was also a groundbreaking filmmaker whose unquenchable curiosity led him to write, produce, stage and direct many of the films he appeared in, resulting in such adored classics as The Bellboy, The Ladies Man, The Errand Boy, and The Nutty Professor. By becoming a "total filmmaker," Lewis surpassed expectations as a comic performer and emerged as a driving force in Hollywood.
He broke boundaries with his technical innovations, unique voice and keen visual eye, even garnering respect and praise overseas. However, American critics and the cultural elite tended to reject his abrasive art. While they viewed Lewis as nothing more than just a clown, others like the French recognized him as a true auteur, giving rise to questions that have perplexed American pop culture for over 50 years: Why do Europeans love Jerry Lewis? What is this inexplicable aversion Americans have towards him?
Is he just a brash, anything-for-yuk buffoon? Or is he a creative genius? Who is the man behind the clown? Parental Guide. Being a Telethon host for so many years obscured Lewis's colorful career. Regretfully the American audience had to wait for the comedian's late years to rediscover his work.
Better late than never. I have to agree with Marty Scorsese when he says that the french adoration became a kind of joke in the US, but hey, I got news for you, the french were doing the right thing. Did Americans missed their rendezvous with Jerry Lewis? Feels like they did once the end credits appears on the screen. Whether you like Lewis or not you cannot deny this film is a "Must See". You'll laugh out loud, with nostalgia you'll remember your childhood, you'll enjoy, you'll learn a great deal of the french view point.
Including a cavalcade of hilarious clips from eight decades in the spotlight, Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis examines the icon and his influence, and is essential viewing for aficionados of the man and his legacy. It follows his career chronologically from the year partnership with Dean Martin to Lewis's career as writer, producer, director, and actor in a series of Paramount pictures.
The chronology is told through archival clips, comments by family members and Hollywood friends, comments from Lewis himself, and clips of him in a contemporary nightclub appearance. Lewis vows to live longer than George Burns. Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewi MX] Method.
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