Movie Details
| Title: | The Death of Stalin | |
| Director: | Armando Iannucci | |
| Year: | 2017 | |
| Genre: | Comedy | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 09.25.17 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (1)
- In the Loop
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 09.25.17 | Alamo South Lamar | This Screening is part of event: FantasticFest 2017 The fest's only non-AGFA secret screening. I didn't really know this movie even existed but could tell after about 15 minutes that this was a Iannucci joint. It's roughly the story of how Kruschev succeeded Stalin, but it's played in Iannucci political comedy style a la Veep or The Thick of It. All of the actors use their native accents which is a great choice. Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Jason Isaacs, Paddy Considine, Michael Palin, etc. It's very funny in a mostly dark dark way. Loved it. Incidentally, the AGFA secret screening turned out to be a lost Ed Wood film, apparently his final one which was a nudie cutie starring himself in full drag. Unfortunately, it was programmed against Kier-la's Nude Vampire screening and the second showing was cancelled due to public outrage at being tricked into seeing boobs. ANYWAY, I finished the night with the Fantastic Fued. This year, since Scott Weinberg stayed home in protest, Max took over hosting duties. He did a pretty good job; I felt like it was the most on-track that the feud's ever been. It was a bit too long though and I still contend that the survey questions are too hard to answer. |
