Genre: Humour, cinema
307 pages
Richard Ayoade, actor, writer and movie director. A multi-talented renaissance man. Only one man can hope to unravel the enigma of Richard Ayoade, and that is Richard Ayoade himself. He does so in this book of interviews with himself, alongside some of Ayoade's writings on the world of cinema.
Richard Ayoade is probably best known for starring in the TV sitcom The IT Crowd, co-writing and appearing in the TV comedy Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and appearing in the Ben Stiller movie The Watch. He has also directed the movies Submarine and The Double. This is his first book and it is basically a parody of pretentious, high-brow film books, in particular publisher Faber and Faber's (Director) on (Director) series of book-length interviews with prestigious movie directors.
The book really hits the tone of those particular books perfectly. If you are a fan of cinema than it is worth checking out.
A lot of it is very funny, if you go in for Ayoade's wry, surreal brand of high-brow humour.
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