Went to Manchester to see MATT BERRY at the ruby lounge. Went early to have a browse round the shops ect.
Found myself with a bit of spare time so I went to the Odeon Printworks to see Richard Ayoade's THE DOUBLE.
When the film started I thought I was watching a kafka-esque nightmare sequence. As the film went on I began to realize 'Nope, this is the film.'
Kermode compared the film to Eraserhead, I thought he was nuts but the grim 70's Britain looking locations certainly made me think of the film. It looks like where we would all be working if the Communists had won the cold war.
It's a comedy... sort of. It's funny but incredibly bleak and nightmarish. I liked it but the audience was sat in stony silence all the way through not really knowing what the hell they were watching.
Also there was a trailer for the new Frank sidebottom film with Michael Fassbender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk-hWzq67w4