In the Loop (2009) dir. Armando Iannucci HIL-ARRR-IOUS! A biting political satire based on Iannucci’s British series “The Thick of It” (which I’ve never seen). Tight, sharp and fast dialogue with keen insights to both British and American politics that had me laughing while keeping my head spinning to keep pace with the story. It took me a good few minutes at the beginning to get used to the various U.K. accents and this film demands your entire attention as the story rapidly rolls ahead at top speed that keeps you working on keeping up — in a good way. It’s filmed documentary style like ‘The Office”. Not surprisingly, the discussions about entering war, which is clearly Iraq, though the country is never directly mentioned,is more about the careers of the politicians then about the good for any of the countries involved. Instead many conversations quickly veer off to petty and small details that make up bureaucracy. And yay, soon on DVD so I can turn on the English subtitles.
01.10.10 /12:56
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