{"id":28180,"date":"2012-11-05T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28180"},"modified":"2022-11-29T16:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:14:22","slug":"history-of-the-world-part-i-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28180","title":{"rendered":"History of the World: Part I (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;And of course, with the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth: the critic.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Poster.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nMel Brooks takes a comedic romp through various stages of world history, including the Stone Age, Ancient Rome, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Madeline Kahn Films<\/li>\n<li>Mel Brooks Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s hard to know exactly why Peary includes this final pre-1986 Mel Brooks title in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>, given that the only other Brooks film he openly praises in any way is <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28097\"><em>Young Frankenstein<\/em> (1974)<\/a>. <em>HOTW Part 1<\/em> (thankfully, there&#8217;s no <em> &#8230;Part 2<\/em>) is chock-full of typically Brooks-ian low-brow humor, minus any kind of cohesive satirical narrative to hold it together &#8212; in other words, even less of interest to anyone but his most diehard fans (of whom there are plenty). Naturally, in a film filled with insistently non-stop jokes and gags, at least a few are bound to elicit chuckles; as noted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/history-of-the-world-part-i-v22619\/review\">All Movie Guide&#8217;s review<\/a>, however, its &#8220;bad parts are so unworthy of its good parts that it creates a state of total schizophrenia.&#8221; Meanwhile, some of its &#8220;bad parts&#8221; (as in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28158\"><em>Blazing Saddles<\/em><\/a>) edge beyond what most would consider common decency &#8212; i.e., a real-life chess game dictated by King Louis XIV (Brooks) in the French Revolution segment eventually devolves into a gang bang sequence that&#8217;s played for laughs. Film fanatics can definitely feel free to stay away from this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few mildly clever sight gags and scenes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Dead-Rats.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Dead-Rats.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Dead-Rats.png 742w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Dead-Rats-128x57.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Dead-Rats-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Last-Supper.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Last-Supper.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Last-Supper.png 742w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Last-Supper-128x57.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/History-of-the-World-Last-Supper-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; despite its enduring popularity, this one is strictly for Brooks fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082517\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/history-of-the-world-part-i-v22619\/review\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/histworld.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/history-of-the-world-part-i\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And of course, with the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth: the critic.&#8221; Synopsis: Mel Brooks takes a comedic romp through various stages of world history, including the Stone Age, Ancient Rome, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Historical Drama Madeline Kahn Films Mel Brooks Films Review: It&#8217;s hard to know exactly why Peary includes this final pre-1986 Mel Brooks title in his GFTFF, given that the only other Brooks film&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28180\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28180"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88640,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28180\/revisions\/88640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}