In the Loop

Thanks to Noah R. for reminding us to post the trailer for In The Loop. GreenCine Daily says:

A cynical, razor-sharp, truly laugh-out-loud farce about the symbiotic relationship between ineffectual, flip-flopping bureaucrats and the sneaky, petty spin doctors who need them, co-writer/director Armando Iannucci’s loosely inspired expansion of his BBC comedy series The Thick of It values and cleverly parodies the power of language (vulgarity, doublespeak, jousting, meaningful ambiguity)…

The one-liners come so fast and furiously that they won’t mean much here out of context… but that’s the brilliant and purposeful redirect of Iannucci’s satire: while we strain to catch the marginal details and sort out the hierarchic squabbling, a war is being jointly planned by the US President and the UK Prime Minister right under everyone’s noses. Dr. Strangelove would surely chuckle.

Opens April 17 in the UK, July 17 in the US. Selection of Obamiconic posters after the cut.