Greaser’s Palace
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Greaser’s Palace is a 1972 surreal, avant-garde Western comedy film written and directed by Robert Downey Sr., known for its absurdist, irreverent take on religious and Hollywood tropes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greaser's Palace | 3 |
| Greaser’s Palace canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western comedy film
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avant-garde film ⓘ film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New York underground film scene ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Downey Sr. ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jesse
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Seaweedhead Greaser ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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avant-garde cinema ⓘ comedy film ⓘ satire ⓘ surrealist cinema ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | midnight movie ⓘ |
| hasMusicElement | song-and-dance sequences ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | miracle-performing protagonist ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Old West ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
low-budget aesthetics
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nonlinear storytelling ⓘ theatrical, sketch-like scenes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Hollywood
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absurdism ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
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irreverent ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle |
bizarre costumes
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deadpan performances ⓘ minimalist sets ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
1960s counterculture cinema
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Golden Age of Hollywood Westerns ⓘ
surface form:
Hollywood Westerns
religious iconography ⓘ |
| movement | underground film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
absurdist humor
ⓘ
irreverent take on religious tropes ⓘ parody of Hollywood conventions ⓘ surreal narrative structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American independent cinema ⓘ |
| portrays |
Christ-like figure in Western setting
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satire of organized religion ⓘ satire of show business ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | early 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| writer | Robert Downey Sr. ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Greaser's Palace
subject surface form:
Robert Downey Sr.
this entity surface form:
Greaser's Palace
subject surface form:
Robert Downey Sr.
this entity surface form:
Greaser's Palace