The Little Brimming Jug: A blog about music, literature, and film.
Friday, 13 November 2009
In The Loop
Ok. So, I may be coming to this a bit late, but I only just got around to watching it on DVD last night. This is probably because I can barely tolerate politics in real life, never mind on the screen. I have been a fan of Armando Iannucci since The Day Today, but I couldn't bring myself to watch this. I assumed that the film would be preachy and would explore technical elements of politics that would go over my head.
How wrong I was.
The film follows the government officials behind the scenes and their attempts at promoting or preventing the war which the American President and the Prime Minister plan to launch in the Middle East. It is a spin off from Armando Iannucci's program The Thick Of It, which I am only now beginning to watch. Here is a selection of Malcolm Tucker's (played byPeterCapaldi) best bits from the film.
Hi. My name is Eamon Wylie, County Tyrone (NI) born and bred. I'm a 23 year old studying for my MA in Professional Writing with University College Falmouth. Currently tinkering with a manuscript for a novel loosely based on my experiences during a year in Spain. At the minute, I'm just about managing to balance work, study and play. When I manage to wrangle a few spare moments, I come here and write. When deciding what to blog about, it was difficult to choose just one subject. "To hell with it," said I, and proceeded to blog about all manner of things that interested me. The blogs were about films, books, writing and other odds and ends. Thus was born The Crúiscin Lán, my Little Brimming Jug. I hope you enjoy it.
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