Just saw
Tristram Shandy at the Whistler Film Fest, and it's awesomely facking funny.
This film version of the Laurence Sterne 18th century "pre-post-modern" novel is directed by Michael Winterbottom - and he takes the same approach as he did with
24 Hour Party People, even using the same lead (Steve Coogan) to break the 4th wall and act as the audience's self-involved guide. It works on a lot of levels - Coogan plays Tristram Shandy, and Tristram's father, and an actor
playing Tristram Shandy in a film version of the novel, and even makes a brief appearance as himself at the end. The story swings whimsically from a period piece to a behind-the-scenes look at a modern film crew and back again. Solid fun - and brilliant filmmaking. Definitely gets a Radcliffe thumbs up. I'm pretty sure there's a great many Obneezers who'd get a kick out of it too.
Here's the imdb
one sheet
Here's a
London Times review.
Also saw Neil Jordan's
Breakfast On Pluto, which I also recommend (but with just a
little less enthusiasm).
