Wednesday, March 24, 2010
CLUSTERFUCK
Today's movie was Armando Iannucci's
A farce. A loose remark made on a boring talk show by an even more boring Secretary of something in the British government gets misinterpreted and before he or anyone else can stop it becomes a case of bureaucratic panic and fire fighting with cross memos, planted stories, backstabbing, territory defending and all the usual paraphernalia of second level players. The USA gets involved and the two groups of minor players go for the big fuckup at the UN where there are world class flunkies to take the whole thing to the limits. Well not to the limits, actually, but over them.
This is very funny. The dialog is very good. Clever. The people are, in a way, caricatures but, in another way, just like you and I. That is the scary part.
It is very well written and beautifully performed by a crack team of actors who take their work very seriously indeed.
The art and science of intimidation and prevarication are vividly demonstrated.
I liked it. I would have liked a 90 minute film. It was 15 minutes over that. But that is me.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
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