Last night I went to a BAFTA preview screening of Michael Winterbottom's (24 Hour Party People) new film, A Cock & Bull Story, based on the 16th Century novel, The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy.
It's a genuinely brave film, and stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as themselves, making the film adaptation of The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy. Confused? You will be. It's self-reference overload, and could easily have gone terribly wrong and been a dreadful film. I'm pleased to say that they pulled it off in style. This is a movie to look out for - it's laugh-out-loud funny and brilliantly clever. Coogan and Brydon work fantastically as a double-act, and the rest of the cast is filled with well known comedy figures, from Stephen Fry to Dylan Moran. Oh, and Gillian Anderson off of the X Files.
After the screening we were treated to a Q&A with Steve Coogan and Tony Wilson. Coogan revealed that he's working on a new character comedy series for transmission next year, that he and Rob Brydon are discussing projects for future collaboration, and that there's "20% of truth" in the stories about him and Courtney Love.
3 comments:
I'm so glad you blogged about this! I got a BAFTA screener today and will check it out. Love Mochael Winterbottom's movies too. Had no idea what it was til now.
Eighteenth century novel actually ... More on literary studies at http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/biblios/art-lit.htm
oops - I stand corrected!
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