Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens (TV Movie 2012)

Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens (TV Movie 2012). 59m

“This curious 2012 special features Armando wandering around aimlessly waxing lyrical about his particular love for Charles Dickens – like half a meandering outtake from his surreal deadpan channel 4 series mixed with a strange out-of-control segment from the culture show. Itu0026#39;s quite an idiosyncratic dash through the author and his life and works and Armando spends quite a lot of the time in his characteristically dry mode. Chuck in a couple of comedians, lawyers and strange British people and you have a fascinating little curio of a doc – made even more meaningful by preceding his own adaptation of Copperfield by eight years or so. I was a deep fan of Iannucci in my youth – and in my adulthood Iu0026#39;m becoming quite fond of Dickens – so in a way this doc (or his film, rather) serves as the gateway between those two worlds.”