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Brand X (1970)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 1969, Taylor Mead complained to his friend artist Wynn Chamberlain that Andy Warhol had never paid him for any of the work he had done for him and Wynn said he would make a film especially for Taylor. Inspired by the banality of 1960's television, Chamberlain wrote and directed Brand X, an 87 minute series of faux television shows spoofing the politics and mass media of the day, complete with commercials for Sex, Sweat, Computer Dating and Peanut Butter. BRAND X follows Taylor Mead through a day in a wacky television studio as he portrays an exercise guru, a talk show host, a veteran returning from the American Civil War, a hospital patient in a soap opera, the President of the United States and a televangelist giving the Nightly Sermon. BRAND X satirizes President Nixon, the Vietnam War, sex, drugs, computers, money and race relations.
Style:
mockumentary, experimental, underground film, avant garde, surreal, absurd, art house, black comedy, independent film, spoof ...
Plot:
political satire, satire, media satire, social commentary, performance art, counterculture, drug, camp, interracial relations, improv, sketch, art, politics, social satire, sex, president, male nudity, usa president, television, u.s. president, absurdism, nudity, nude, studio, fake commercial ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out parody, absurd, sketch comedy and mockumentary films with plots about satire, political satire, social commentary, irreverent, social satire, sketch and improv mostly in Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Brand X: No More Excuses (1968), Cracking Up (1977), Viva Variety (1997), Babo 73 (1964), The Best of SCTV (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
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Style:
experimental, non-linear, underground film, satirical, independent film ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
lsd, acid trip, satire, film industry, psychedelia, drug, dark humor, mental institution, impostor, counterculture, psychotherapy, psychiatrist ...
Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
sketch comedy, parody, surreal, absurd, mockumentary ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sketch comedy, absurd, surreal, avant garde, entertaining ...
Plot:
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450
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
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Style:
absurd, avant garde, independent film, political drama
Plot:
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Place:
washington d.c.
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75%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
sketch comedy, parody, cult classic, surreal, fast paced ...
Plot:
satire, variety show, nostalgia, sketch, camp, deadpan, political satire, behind the scenes, joke, impersonation, entertainment, social satire ...
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Country: UK
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, absurd, allegory, art house, controversial ...
Plot:
religion, satire, hypocrisy, absurd humor, dark humor, irreverent, violence, cruelty, parable, taboo, political satire, counterculture ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: South Africa
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
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Style:
sketch comedy, satirical, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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TV show
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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