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Ayoade on Ayoade
320 pages
A hilariously pretentious, deadpan masterclass in cinematic self-obsession and absurd meta-comedy.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like being trapped in a screening room with the world's most articulate, self-obsessed, and deeply insecure auteur. Structured as a relentless and increasingly combative interview between the author and himself, the experience is brisk, theatrical, and dripping with deadpan irony. The prose is a hyper-literate playground of faux-academic jargon, exhaustive footnotes, and cinematic deep cuts that lovingly skewer the pretentions of the film industry. It is a deeply silly yet intellectually rigorous exercise in meta-comedy that never breaks character. Fans of dry British humor and cinephiles who do not take themselves too seriously will devour this absurd, labyrinthine exploration of the artistic ego, laughing out loud at the sheer audacity of its execution.
- Mood
- theatrical
- intellectual
- quirky
- unhinged
- Tone
- deadpan
- satirical
- absurd
- wry
- meta
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- the ego of the artist · cinematic pretension · absurdity of auteur theory · self-interrogation
- The writing
- Hyper-articulate and densely footnoted, dripping with deadpan irony and faux-academic cinematic jargon.
- The arc
- A descent into increasingly combative and absurd self-interrogation that ultimately circles back to a state of amused, ego-driven stasis.
- Who it's for
- Cinephiles with a dry sense of humor and fans of British alternative comedy who appreciate a relentless meta-joke.
About the book
"Richard Ayoade - actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself"--Publisher's description.
Description from Open Library.
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