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, 1h59Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La bande dessinée, Films about films, Théâtre, Superhero films, Children's films
Actors Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts
Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) is a faded Hollywood actor best known for playing the superhero Birdman decades ago in a series of films. He is often tormented by the mocking, critical inner voice of Birdman, and frequently visualizes himself performing feats of levitation and telekinesis. The film opens with a quotation from Raymond Carver stating that the main fulfillment in life is related to having once been loved, then cuts to a dramatic atmospheric disturbance resembling a meteor descending in flames. The film then cuts to a surreal shot depicting Riggan as levitating in his stage room. Riggan hopes to reinvent his career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production of a loosely based adaptation of Carver's short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love".
Cool World (1992)
, 1h42Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Animation
Themes La bande dessinée
Actors Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt, Deirdre O'Connell, William Frankfather, Charles Adler
In 1945 Las Vegas, World War II veteran Frank Harris (Brad Pitt) returns to his mother. Riding on a motorcycle that he won in Italy during his service, Frank and his mother are struck by a drunk couple. Frank survives, but his mother dies. As an ambulance truck takes her away, Frank is transported to "Cool World", an animated city of surrealistic landscapes and random cartoon violence. He was inadvertently teleported by Dr. Vincent Whiskers (Maurice LaMarche), a doctor who created a "spike" that was supposed to take him to the real world, but brought Frank to Cool World instead. Whiskers finds Frank useful enough to run things in the Cool World while he is gone to the real world.
Chasing Amy (1997)
, 1h53Directed by Kevin Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes La bande dessinée, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith
Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) and Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) are comic book artists and lifelong friends. Holden is the friendly, more mild-mannered half of the duo; Banky, meanwhile, is the loud and fiery half. Everything is going well for them until they meet Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams) at a comic book convention in New York where they are promoting their comic Bluntman and Chronic. Holden is attracted to Alyssa, but soon learns that she is attracted to women. The two begin hanging out, and a deep friendship develops. Eventually, Holden is no longer able to contain his feelings, and confesses his love to Alyssa. She is initially angry with him, but that night, the two begin a romantic relationship.
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
, 1h58Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes La bande dessinée
Actors Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas, Claire Trevor, Eddie Mayehoff, Sidney Blackmer
Stanley Ford (Jack Lemmon) is a successful, happily unmarried cartoonist enjoying the comforts of a well-to-do existence in an urban townhouse, including the services of his loyal and attentive valet, Charles Firbank (Terry-Thomas). Stanley's comic strip, Bash Brannigan, is a secret-agent thriller characterized by a high level of realism: no matter how outrageous the plot may seem, Stanley will not allow Brannigan to do anything physically impossible or use gadgets that don't exist. He hires actors and sets up elaborate enactments of storylines, playing Brannigan himself, while Charles takes photographs Stanley will use as models.
American Splendor (2003)
, 1h41Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La bande dessinée, Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Superhero films, Films about cancer, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, Donal Logue, James Urbaniak, Daniel Tay
American Splendor retrace la véritable histoire du scénariste de comics Harvey Pekar. Au début du film, celui-ci mène une existence plutôt morose entre son travail de documentaliste, quelques conversations sur tout et rien avec ses collègues et quelques connaissances, et sa passion pour le jazz, qu'il assouvit en recherchant des pièces rares dans les garage sales (équivalent américain des vide-greniers) ou les magasins d'occasion. C'est ainsi qu'il fait la connaissance du célèbre dessinateur de bande dessinée Robert Crumb, alors inconnu, qui est lui aussi collectionneur. Plusieurs années plus tard, alors que Crumb est devenu célèbre, Harvey lui soumet les story-boards d'un projet de bande dessinée basée sur sa vie, lui proposant d'en assurer le dessin. Crumb accepte, et contre toute attente, cette série intitulée American Splendor relatant une vie simple, banale, obtient un grand succès. Harvey Pekar acquiert ainsi une certaine célébrité aux États-Unis, dont les conséquences sur sa vie quotidienne sont présentées dans le film. En particulier, American Splendor lui permet de rencontrer sa future femme Joyce Brabner, qui écrit elle aussi des comics, et avec qui il va réaliser d'autres histoires autobiographiques, également intégrées en partie dans le film (notamment Our Cancer Year).
Monkeybone (2001)
, 1h32Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes La bande dessinée, Children's films
Actors Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Whoopi Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Giancarlo Esposito
Stu Miley is a disillusioned cartoonist whose comic strip features a rascal monkey named Monkeybone. Stu is in love with a sleep institute worker named Dr. Julie McElroy, who helped him deal with his terrible nightmares by changing his drawing hand. One night, Stu crashes his car after accidentally activating an inflatable Monkeybone raft, causing him to fall into a coma.
, 1h53Directed by Gus Van Sant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Themes La bande dessinée, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Mark Webber, Udo Kier
John Callahan , devenu tétraplégique à l'âge de vingt-et-un ans à cause de son alcoolisme, trouve dans le dessin une forme de thérapie avant de devenir un célèbre dessinateur de bandes dessinées.
Real (2013)
, 2h7Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about animals, La bande dessinée, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques
Actors Takeru Satoh, Haruka Ayase, Miki Nakatani, Joe Odagiri, Shota Sometani, Yutaka Matsushige
Koichi (Takeru Satō) et Atsumi (Haruka Ayase) sont amis depuis leur rencontre à l'école primaire. Ils vivent ensemble depuis qu'Atsumi est venu à Tokyo pour être mangaka. Koichi, professeur dans un club de sport, se plaint qu'Atsumi ne pense qu'au manga et à ses délais à tenir.
Artists and Models (1955)
, 1h42Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes La bande dessinée, Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine, Eva Gabor, Anita Ekberg
Rick Todd (Dean Martin) is a struggling painter and smooth-talking ladies' man. His goofy young roommate Eugene Fullstack (Jerry Lewis) is an aspiring children's author who has a passion for comic books, especially those of the mysterious and sexy "Bat Lady."
Crumb (1995)
, 1h59Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes La bande dessinée, Films about families, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentaire sur la bande dessinée
Crumb is about the experiences and characters of the Crumb family, particularly Robert Crumb's brothers, Maxon and Charles, his wife and children (his sisters declined to be interviewed). Though Zwigoff had the consent of the Crumb brothers, some questioned the ability of the more disturbed brothers to provide that consent.
, 1h44Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La bande dessinée
Actors Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster, Vincent D'Onofrio, Melissa McBride
Set in the 1970s in the rural South, the film follows the lives of protagonist Francis Doyle (Emile Hirsch), and three of his friends, Tim Sullivan (Kieran Culkin), Wade Scalisi (Jake Richardson), and Joey Anderson (Tyler Long). The four boys all attend a private Catholic school named St. Agatha's, which they detest. The boys experiment with smoking and drinking, obsess over girls, and play pranks on their teachers, such as stealing their school's statue of St. Agatha and keeping it in their clubhouse. The four friends dedicate much of their time to a comic book of their own creation titled The Atomic Trinity in order to escape the monotony and avoid the difficulties in their own lives.
Tom of Finland (2017)
, 1h56Directed by Thomas "Dome" Karukoski
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes La bande dessinée, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Pekka Strang, Lauri Tilkanen, Werner Daehn, Jessica Grabowsky, Jakob Oftebro, Kari Hietalahti
Des fantasmes de bûcherons, bikers, fermiers, ou de soldats hyper virils. Son compagnon, un danseur, l'encourage à publier ses dessins...
, 1h48Directed by Angela Robinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes La bande dessinée, Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Oliver Platt, JJ Feild, Connie Britton
Le psychologue et écrivain américain William Moulton Marston est notamment l'inventeur du détecteur de mensonge. Au début des années 1940, il s'inspire de sa femme Elizabeth et de leur amante Olive pour imaginer la super-héroïne Wonder Woman, apparue pour la première fois dans la revue All Star Comics.
The Girl Next Door (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes La bande dessinée, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer
A popular performer, Jeannie Laird decides to buy her first house and celebrate with a big party. The guests' enjoyment is interfered with by the happenings at the home of the next door neighbor, Bill Carter.
Narco (2004)
, 1h45Directed by Gilles Lellouche, Tristan Aurouet
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes La bande dessinée, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Guillaume Canet, Zabou Breitman, Guillaume Gallienne, François Berléand, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Vincent Rottiers
The main character Gus experiences vivid dreams during his narcoleptic episodes, which inspire him to create comic book style art of extremely high quality. When Samuel Pupkin, the psychiatrist who runs a group attended by Gus, learns of this, he recalls his own desire to be a comic book artist, instead of following the family tradition of psychiatry, a dream prevented by his lack of artistic talent. Motivated by greed, jealousy, and desire for fame he hatches a plot, involving figure skating assassins, to steal Gus's work and pass it off as his own. The attempt on Gus's life fails but he ends up in a coma. Pupkin pays Gus's wife and best friend (who have begun an affair) for the art and sells it to a failed-comedian turned successful publisher, who in turn plans to erase the text and replace it with his own, and in this way have his genius for comedy finally recognized.