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DJPowWow

aka: "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story"

9 years 9 months ago

nothere413

What do you mean shoddy script? Most of the dialogue is improvised...

12 years 2 months ago

nbats

https://youtu.be/dr1E-sBi8gE

1 year 5 months ago

Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story is a rather incredible film by Steve Coogan. It means to be an adaptation of an actual 16th-century novel that's a comedic exercise in digression, thematically about the chaos of life and the impossibility of representing it fully and truthfully in fiction. An impossible endeavor, so the movie becomes just as digressive, equal parts movie footage and hilarious behind the scenes mockumentary, some of which mirrors the themes and events of the book, but also filled with unrelated background noise because that's part of the point. It's rather brilliant, and at the very least, captures what it's like to be in a hotel with a team of creative types for an extended period. I was actually smelling it. A great postmodernist historical comedy that keeps its audience interested by shifting between the ludicrous Tristram movie and the improvisational(ish) stylings of its great cast of actors in the behind the scenes portions.

8 years 11 months ago

Duval Spit

The commentary was more entertaining than the movie.

12 years 8 months ago

Jook

Great concept, great cast, shoddy script. Shame.

12 years 10 months ago