The article is an attempt to use essential statistical tools for analysis of market performance of films and its aes- thetical judgements made by film critics and fans. The authors describe differences between evaluations of films by professional and non-professional viewers, correlations between market performance and artistic merit and impact of level of public support for success and quality of movies. The material for analysis are Polish films in cinema distribution between 2012 and 2015.
In the article, the author aims to organize and describe the most popular conventions of Spanish film comedy, as well as describe the sources of humor in these movies. Starting with the beginnings of contemporary (post-Franco) Spanish cinema, several important changes and developments are described. An economic and legal perspective provides background and a justification for the presented conventions. Additionally, several case-studies are analyzed, most importantly, films by Santiago Segura (the series of Torrente) and Emilio Martínez Lázaro (El otro lado de la cama, Los 2 lados de la cama, Ocho apellidos vascos and Ocho apellidos catalanes).
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