This is a shame. The world needed Chris Morris, but reading about this new film it felt like, as jed_ says, the target and subject matter seem a bit niche. Four Lions was quite good but even in itself was very 'God, look at these chumps', rather than the scathing surrealism of Brass Eye and TDT
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 3 October 2019 08:21 (four years ago) link
When the trailer for that new Chris Morris film first dropped it looked like complete crap but now he's done a couple of interviews where he suggests he's not quite as much of a useless wolly Zone 2 dinner party liberal as his comedy contemporaries we all weep like teased vaginas— I (@trevorbastard) October 3, 2019
lol maybe mr bastard is being a bit harsh here, but he might be onto something!
― calzino, Thursday, 3 October 2019 08:30 (four years ago) link
Yeah I wasn’t majorly enthused when the trailer ended with a character blurting out “fuck a crocodile” or some such iannucci style “creative swear” but you know trailers are shit. Still wanna see it
― YouGov to see it (wins), Thursday, 3 October 2019 08:31 (four years ago) link
has he fallen out with Iannucci now or something?
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 3 October 2019 12:02 (four years ago) link
nah surely not, he was plenty involved with Veep wasn't he?
― piscesx, Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
yeah no
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
He was a recurring director on Veep and took over from Armando as the interlocutor on Comedy Vehicle, but they haven't originated anything together since The Day Today in 1994 (or possibly the new audio sketches on The Day Today DVD in 2004, if Ianucci produced those)
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Thursday, 3 October 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
This was their last original joint material i think, although yeah possibly the DVD extras for The Day Today
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/17/september11.terrorism
― piscesx, Friday, 4 October 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
This was earlier this year:
The Day Today, 25th anniversary dinner. We’ve lost the news.@RebeccaFront @Aiannucci @Pmarber @PeterBaynham pic.twitter.com/9esJ9uPDzL— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 12, 2019
― groovypanda, Friday, 4 October 2019 20:09 (four years ago) link
Peter Baynham has quite the collection of writing credits now.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 4 October 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
pisces - oh yeah! that was kinda a followup to The Smokehammer
http://web.archive.org/web/20011228224857/http://www.thesmokehammer.com/
and was followed by the Bushwhacked cut-ups
12th February 2003http://web.archive.org/web/20030320043339/http://thesmokehammer.com/
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Friday, 4 October 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
Some kind of film about Brass Eye (with unseen footage) on tour:
http://www.michaelcumming.co.uk/oxide%20ghosts/
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 10:39 (two years ago) link
lol, it's me the Chris Morris fan who wants to see David Walliams introduce a film about brass eye
― Allegra do Povo (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 11:11 (two years ago) link
lol i was gonna say there's a few wrong'uns on that list
― Reader, I buried him (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 13:24 (two years ago) link
Can’t wait to hear what Flea has to say.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:30 (two years ago) link