7-502: To Each His Own Cinema (French: Chacun son cinéma : une déclaration d'amour au grand écran ) is a 2007 French comedy-drama anthology film commissioned for the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival . The film is a collection of 34 short films , each 3 minutes in length, by 36 acclaimed directors. Representing five continents and 25 countries, the filmmakers were invited to express "their state of mind of
14-468: A humorous tenor. In television, modern scripted comedy dramas tend to have more humour integrated into the story than the comic relief common in drama series but usually contain a lower joke rate than sitcoms . In the very influential Greek theatre , plays were considered comedies or tragedies. This concept even influenced Roman theatre and theatre of the Hellenistic period . Theatre of that era
21-519: A rise in film and television works that could be described as comedy-dramas. The term is a translation from the French "comédie dramatique". The portmanteau "dramedy" came to be in the 1980s. In January 2022, Rafael Abreu, writing for the StudioBinder filmmaking blog, defined this genre as follows: A dramedy is a movie or program that balances the elements of a drama and a comedy. Also known as
28-546: Is not included on the StudioCanal DVD nor listed on the Pyramide DVD. David Lynch's Absurda is also not present on the StudioCanal DVD. Comedy-drama Comedy drama , also known by the portmanteau dramedy , is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama . In films, serious dramatic themes (such as death, illness, etc.) are dealt with realism and subtlety, while preserving
35-541: Is thought to have long-lasting influence, even in modern narrative works. Even today, works are often classified into two broad buckets, dramas and comedies. For instance, many awards that recognize achievements in film and television today, such as the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards segregate several award categories into these two classifications. The 20th century saw
42-533: The 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 20 May and was televised on the same night in France on Canal+ . David Lynch 's contribution, Absurda , was not ready in time and was instead shown before Wong Kar-wai 's My Blueberry Nights on the festival's opening night. Two DVD versions of the film are available, both Region 2 : one released by StudioCanal on 25 May 2007, the other released by Pyramide Distribution on 31 October 2007. World Cinema by Joel and Ethan Coen
49-464: The moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre". The film's subtitle reads "a declaration of love to the big screen". Many of the shorts share similar subjects, including homage to classic European art cinema, the death of the filmgoing experience, memories of childhood wonder, the transporting power of cinema, and activities performed during a movie screening, including talking, stealing, crying, and having sex. To Each His Own Cinema premiered at
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