Armando Iannucci Goes In the Loop

by Armando Iannucci
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/in_the_loop_armando_iannucci_james_gandolfini_20091113/
I‘ve always wanted to make a comedy. Ever since I sat in crowded cinemas and laughed at Annie Hall, Airplane!, This is Spinal Tap and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I’ve wanted to make grown-ups laugh with large groups of strangers in a darkened room. I knew I wanted to make a screwball comedy; a fast-talking, unstoppable burst of one-liners and sharp-mouthed characters. It was a tall order, of course; you need a good story for one of those.