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IN THE LOOP (Dir.Armando Iannucci) It’s cynical, aggressive and volcanically profane. It features a script that crafts its scabrous insults with the same meticulous care and creativity employed by Michelangelo during the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The satire steams and fizzes like concentrated sulphuric acid. It is blisteringly offensive. Armando Iannucci’s debut feature film In the Loop is the kind of movie that makes you proud to be British. Although approximately half of the film is set in the States, the savage tone of the comedy and the style of the film-making is unmistakably British. An American- made satire would have probably cleaned up the language and the edgy, caffeinated cinematography, but it would have lost much of its immediacy and relevance. This is not the most polished movie you will see this year, but it’s likely to be one of the funniest. It’s also proof that a huge budget for glossy post-production is not essential for great cinema, just a brilliant script and actors with the talent to do it justice. From The Times *As we were blogging, IN THE LOOP was nominated for best adapted screenplay at the Oscars. Best of luck everyone* Vote for this, or one of our other short listed titles here: Click here to take survey Zoom

IN THE LOOP (Dir.Armando Iannucci)

It’s cynical, aggressive and volcanically profane. It features a script that crafts its scabrous insults with the same meticulous care and creativity employed by Michelangelo during the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The satire steams and fizzes like concentrated sulphuric acid. It is blisteringly offensive. Armando Iannucci’s debut feature film In the Loop is the kind of movie that makes you proud to be British.

Although approximately half of the film is set in the States, the savage tone of the comedy and the style of the film-making is unmistakably British. An American- made satire would have probably cleaned up the language and the edgy, caffeinated cinematography, but it would have lost much of its immediacy and relevance. This is not the most polished movie you will see this year, but it’s likely to be one of the funniest. It’s also proof that a huge budget for glossy post-production is not essential for great cinema, just a brilliant script and actors with the talent to do it justice.

From The Times

*As we were blogging, IN THE LOOP was nominated for best adapted screenplay at the Oscars. Best of luck everyone*

Vote for this, or one of our other short listed titles here: Click here to take survey


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