Bill Murray has done so well with this paradigm that he essentially has brought it into his more serious roles. I just taught Jarmusch's Broken Flowers and this film, which is not really a comedy, is structured around the Murray character's inability to control his environment. George Robinson On 12/16/2012 10:32 AM, Sandy Camargo wrote: > Inspector Clouseau and Peter Sellers? > On Dec 16, 2012 9:19 AM, "Frank, Michael" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> i have a student who's interested in writing about the incompetent hero in >> american movies, and asked me about such figures in movies from before the >> current century . . . i immediately thought of woody allen but then drew a >> blank . . . can anyone suggest either a movie [or set of movies] featuring >> an incompetent hero, or an actor who regularly played the part of the >> incompetent hero? >> >> many thanks >> >> mike >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> On Behalf Of Dana Polan >> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 9:11 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: [SCREEN-L] critical studies of MacMahonism? >> >> Does anyone know a good study (essay or otherwise) of that French >> cinephilia phenomenon known as MacMahonism? I assume there's some material >> in de Baecque's history of its rivals at Cahiers du cinema. And I came >> across a few pages here and there, but I'd love to come across a fuller >> treatment of the phenomenon. >> >> ---- >> For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >> https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html >> >> ---- >> Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex >> podcast: >> http://www.screenlex.org >> > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.ScreenSite.org > -- Visit my blog at www.cine-journal.blogspot.com Catch me live at the Washington Heights Film Class (http://washingtonheightsfilmclass.com/ for schedule) ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html