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In Reply to: "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story." Thank God, a film taken posted by tinear on March 17, 2007 at 16:37:21:
...run not walk to grab the same director's 24 Hour Party People, which boasts some of the same cast (notably Steve Coogan). It's a post-modern romp dealing with the rise and fall of the "Madchester" (Manchester UK) music scene - it's one of the best movies about the music bize I've ever seen.And it's also quite hilarious...and touching.
I loved Tristram, BTW. I had it on my '06 top ten list...which I think may actually be lurking burried in a thread somewhere down below. In Winterbottom's hands, the unreadable, post modern (before there was a modern) novel became a highly entertaining psot-modern fantasia on literature, the movies and celebrity.
Winterbottom is one of the most interesting, prolific and underrated directors now working. In the last ten years he's given us a wide variety of films including:
Welcome To Sarajevo
I Want You
Wonderland
With Or Without You
The Claim (a unique adpatation of Mayor of Casterbridge)
24 Hour Party People
Code 46
In This World
Road To Guantanamo ("documentary")
Tristam Shandy: A Cock & Bull StoryI leave out the highly controversial 9 Songs, which I haven't seen.
You may be interested to know that Winterbottom has another project in the works with Steve Coogan, Murder In Samarkand, based on the memoirs of Craig Murray, controversial former UK ambassador, whose outspoken criticism of human rights abuses in Uzbekistan were not appreciated by the Blair government. This one is not likely to be a comedy.
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Follow Ups
- If you liked this Michael Winterbottom film you should ... - Harmonia 00:06:56 03/18/07 (6)
- Thanks. I liked "Sarajevo." I'll check out your recommendations. BTW, - tinear 08:45:49 03/18/07 (0)
- 24 hour party people - dave c 01:39:42 03/18/07 (4)
- Buzzcocks AND Joy D? Lucky Man. Aren't Oasis or Arctic Monkeys - tinear 07:13:51 03/18/07 (3)
- Oasis yes... AMs I don't know nt - dave c 12:41:24 03/18/07 (2)
- I had everything both of those bands ever released, as well - tinear 17:06:35 03/18/07 (1)
- hate to say, but Arctic Monkeys were not, for me, in the same league... - tunenut 18:10:14 03/19/07 (0)
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