History of the World, Part I (1981) The reason I decided to give a go at this movie is for old times' sake. It was at time when my buddies and I used to crash at a friend's to watch some interesting films on his VHS player after sitting for our STPM examinations. Of hand, I remember watching Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part 1 (Part 2 was never produced, I think), Cannonball Run (with Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Roger Moore, Jackie Chan and others), Murattu Kaalai (Rajnikanth), The Gods must be Crazy and ... others. At that time, in 1981, with our raging hormones and naivety at its maximum, this movie was particularly rib tickling, not any more! Well, it is still a stress buster with little cerebral activity... It goes on to narrates certain events in the history of man, from ancient man all through Biblical times to Roman Empire and French Revolution. It is by no means intellectual comedy but much laughter is derived from toilet and foul R-rated humour...
It is all Mimesis