VIDEO: clip from The Trip
I had the chance to see The Trip at Berkshire International Film Festival. It’s a compendium of episodes of a six-part series that aired on BBC2, and not coincidentally has some serious pace issues (it needs to be cut by about a quarter). But when it hits, it hits. In fact, you can perhaps think of in relation to Tristram Shandy: a Cock and Bull Story as Made is to Swingers. The same two actors playing very similar characters (almost spin-offs) and a less consequential film, but with stretches that are more searingly funny than anything in their generally superior predecessors.
While we’re at it, why not look at the other films mentioned above…
