{"id":27801,"date":"2025-04-23T10:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27801"},"modified":"2025-04-25T06:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T05:51:24","slug":"media-film-its-a-mad-mad-world-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27801","title":{"rendered":"MEDiA\/FiLM: It\u2019s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, 1963"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6805-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27802\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6805-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6805-1-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6805-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6805-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stars_05_twohalf-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27803\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stars_05_twohalf-1.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stars_05_twohalf-1-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">The film starts with what very quickly feels like an interminable theme song, over a black screen. And then launches into a long Saul Bass directed animated sequence\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6817-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27804\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6817-1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6817-1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saul Bass\u2019 titles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">The Bass bit is poss my favourite part of the entire film?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">It\u2019s a \u2018comedy epic\u2019, of sorts. It\u2019s unarguably epic, length-wise. It even has an Intermission! Comic? Well, I did laugh occasionally. But it\u2019s more shouty than funny.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">Madcap? Yes. Chaotic? Yep. Fun or relaxing? Erm\u2026 I\u2019d have to say no, neither.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6810-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27805\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6810-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6810-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6810-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6810-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6810.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6807-1-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27806\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6807-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6807-1-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6807-1-768x431.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6807-1-1536x862.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6807-1.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">Like the title song, it\u2019s an ordeal. How long can they keep this up? Especially when the plot-driving McGuffin is so quintessentially American, in the worst way: it\u2019s about money, and it\u2019s so insubstantial as to not really exist at all.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">In that respect the film lives up to its title. It\u2019s zany, and screwball. It\u2019s a demolition derby. And it\u2019s entirely pointless. Worse still, it might well give you a migraine, with all the shouting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6804-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27807\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6804-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6804-1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6804-1-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6804-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">I don\u2019t suppose &#8211; given the \u2018stellar\u2019 comedy cast &#8211; there were auditions. Had there been, one imagines they would\u2019ve simply been shouting matches. With a bit of grimacing and gurning thrown in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"822\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6808-1-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27808\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6808-1-1024x822.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6808-1-300x241.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6808-1-768x616.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_6808-1.jpg 1495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A production still\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex 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And then launches into a long Saul Bass directed animated sequence\u2026 The Bass bit is poss my favourite part of the entire film? It\u2019s a \u2018comedy epic\u2019, of sorts. It\u2019s unarguably epic, length-wise. It even has an Intermission! &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27801\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MEDiA\/FiLM: It\u2019s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, 1963&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-7ep","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27801"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27801"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27834,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27801\/revisions\/27834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}