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Sun 20 April 2025 16:15, UK
At this point, who knows what Jack Black’s taste in film is like, with the actor seemingly being a fan of the medium while single-handedly attempting to destroy it through starring in some of the most egregious cinematic monstrosities of the 21st century. Throughout his time on the silver screen, he has starred in great films such as School of Rock, The Holiday and High Fidelity, with the actor suddenly taking a nose-dive and becoming a regular within the world of commercial cinema and money-grabbing projects.
However, while demonstrating a questionable level of respect for his craft through the recent projects he has starred in, whether it be the Minecraft movie or Super Mario Bros movie and becoming the face of video game film adaptations, the actor has expressed his love for one film in particular that only makes his recent choices all the more confusing.
Black has somewhat built a reputation as being one of the ultimate stoner kings of Hollywood, with few other actors such as Jason Segal, Paul Rudd and Jeff Bridges possessing this honourable title. The stoner comedy has evolved into a distinctive genre of its own, with strange films such as The Big Lebowski, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle and The Pineapple Express becoming known for their smoked-out sense of humour and escalation of small events into colossal misunderstandings.
As one of the definitive faces of this genre, Black had some thoughts on some lesser-known additions to this genre, describing his favourite film to watch while under the influence.
Fred Wolf is mostly known for children’s films and animations, with a whimsical and light-hearted style that is reminiscent of an older style of hand-drawn pictures. But perhaps most popular from his filmography is his 1971 film The Point, which is a dream-like story about a place called The Land of Point due to everything in the world having a ‘point’ until the arrival of a round-headed character called Oblio.
When describing the film, Black highlighted it as one of his all-time favourites, saying, “I saw it [on TV] when I was a kid. It’s all about this little boy who didn’t have a point on his head and all the people in the land of the Point had a pointy head and he didn’t fit in and he was banished to the pointless forest where he had an incredible adventure and learned very important lessons about the universe. I like lessons about the universe… Very stoner-y. Things designed for children end up being the most stoner-y of all. The Point falls into that category. You definitely want to watch that wasted”.
Despite having a child-like edge to the film, it is definitely one that can be enjoyed by adults due to its slightly existentialist edge, evolving into a strange odyssey that somewhat reflects the formula of the stoner comedy in a more innocent way. While I can’t get on board with Black’s choice of projects to star in, his selection of this film perhaps points towards a hidden side of his creative ambitions.
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