Richard Ayoade shot to fame as Moss in The It Crowd but it was Submarine, his debut behind the camera, that won him critical acclaim. As his new film, The Double, is released, he talks about pride, performing and giving up his pop dreams
The premise of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1846 novella The Double is simple but ingenious: a man lives an entirely unremarkable existence until one day his exact doppelganger shows up. This incongruous situation fast becomes insufferable for two reasons: first, the new guy is slick where he is stammering, popular where he's forgettable, Day-Glo to his beige; and, second, because no one else notices any likeness at all between the pair of them.
The Double, it's said, is meant as an allegory: the straight man is Dostoevsky in real life, shy and often awkward; the arriviste is the author 2.0, the person he sometimes wished he was, who is quick-witted and irresistible to women.
The premise of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1846 novella The Double is simple but ingenious: a man lives an entirely unremarkable existence until one day his exact doppelganger shows up. This incongruous situation fast becomes insufferable for two reasons: first, the new guy is slick where he is stammering, popular where he's forgettable, Day-Glo to his beige; and, second, because no one else notices any likeness at all between the pair of them.
The Double, it's said, is meant as an allegory: the straight man is Dostoevsky in real life, shy and often awkward; the arriviste is the author 2.0, the person he sometimes wished he was, who is quick-witted and irresistible to women.
- 3/23/2014
- by Tim Lewis
- The Guardian - Film News
Oh, television, you really are spoiling us this week. Yes, there's so much good stuff coming up on the box this week, like the Apprentice final and another powerhouse performance from Olivia Colman, that we just can't fit it all into our Must-See TV rundown!
So, before you take a closer look at our favourite five shows of the week below, please take a moment to note that the next seven days will also see New comedy from Chris O'Dowd in Family Tree (Tuesday, July 16 at 10pm on BBC Two), New Smash (Thursday, July 18 at 9pm on Sky Atlantic), New Suburgatory (Thursday, July 18 at 9.30pm on E4) and New Family Guy (Sunday, July 21 at 10pm on BBC Three). Seriously, it's like Christmas morning up in here!
Run: Monday (July 15) at 10pm on Channel 4
Woman-of-the-moment Olivia Colman and Jaime Winstone are among the stars of this pitch-black series of...
So, before you take a closer look at our favourite five shows of the week below, please take a moment to note that the next seven days will also see New comedy from Chris O'Dowd in Family Tree (Tuesday, July 16 at 10pm on BBC Two), New Smash (Thursday, July 18 at 9pm on Sky Atlantic), New Suburgatory (Thursday, July 18 at 9.30pm on E4) and New Family Guy (Sunday, July 21 at 10pm on BBC Three). Seriously, it's like Christmas morning up in here!
Run: Monday (July 15) at 10pm on Channel 4
Woman-of-the-moment Olivia Colman and Jaime Winstone are among the stars of this pitch-black series of...
- 7/14/2013
- Digital Spy
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, here are some queries we’re going to lob at you, from shows including Supernatural, House, American Idol and Modern Family!
1 | Was the sight of Dean in purgatory, surrounded by monsters, the creepiest visual Supernatural has given us in years?
2 | Hey, Degrassi: What was the point of bringing back Holly J. if you were going to give her nothing to do?
3 | Has Saturday Night Live ever done a send-off as sweet as the one they held for Kristen Wiig?
Related | Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on The Mentalist,...
1 | Was the sight of Dean in purgatory, surrounded by monsters, the creepiest visual Supernatural has given us in years?
2 | Hey, Degrassi: What was the point of bringing back Holly J. if you were going to give her nothing to do?
3 | Has Saturday Night Live ever done a send-off as sweet as the one they held for Kristen Wiig?
Related | Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on The Mentalist,...
- 5/25/2012
- by Team TVLine
- TVLine.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, here are some queries we’re going to lob at you, from shows including Supernatural, Fringe, The Big Bang Theory and Community!
1 | Now that you’ve seen Fringe‘s Episode 19 — and the show has been renewed! — do you think Joshua Jackson’s comment that the hour opens the door for Season 5 means we’re in for a time jump come fall? And how good was Jackson during that last scene? It’s no easy task to have familial chemistry with someone who looks...
1 | Now that you’ve seen Fringe‘s Episode 19 — and the show has been renewed! — do you think Joshua Jackson’s comment that the hour opens the door for Season 5 means we’re in for a time jump come fall? And how good was Jackson during that last scene? It’s no easy task to have familial chemistry with someone who looks...
- 4/27/2012
- by Team TVLine
- TVLine.com
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