More Cock and Bull

· Released in 2006 and directed by Michael Winterbottom.

· Stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.

· Literary adaptation from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman – a novel by Laurence Sterne.

· Novel published across 9 volumes between 1759 and 1769.

· Told the story of Tristram’s life.

· One of the central jokes of the novel is that Tristram cannot explain anything simply. He goes off on tangents to the extent that his own birth is not reached until the 3^rd volume . The novel is therefore chaotic.

· One of the interesting things about the novel is that it is self-reflexive in that it is as much about the process of writing a novel as it is about telling the actual story of Tristram’s life. This is evident in the film too.

Again, in A Cock and Bull story, Winterbottom uses a range of postmodern techniques.