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> This may not be quite what you're looking for, but worth investigating:

There's a wonderful video (1/2 hour) called "The Way Things Go" in English that is, I think,
both very clever and funny..  An enormous Rube Goldberg structure set up in a warehouse in
which mechanical, chemical, fire, etc are used to trigger one event after another.  Not
something you'd want kids to try out at home....  but I laughed and oooed and aaaahed
through the whole thing (okay-- I"m an exhibits person and like to build things too).

My DVD says it is from www.firstrunfeatures.com;  I purchased it recently from a
distributor.

Creators:  Peter Fischli and David Weiss, filmed in Germany.

 "Glorious, inspired, and demented" as it says on the cover is an appropriate description.

Kathy Krafft
Director of Exhibits
Sciencenter
Ithaca, NY

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> Hello-
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> I am looking for instances of humor in large format, either humor that
> you believe was intentional by the film's director, or instances where
> the audience found something humorous that may not have been planned to
> be humorous.  If you can think of such instances, could you respond to
> this email with a brief description and the name of the film?  Thanks,
> and I hope this email brings up good memories!
>
> Mary Nucci
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