Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest has a strong comedic pedigree (National Lampoon & SNL) and was a creator of the faux documentary, heavily improvised model of modern comedy. For this episode, we are joined by Jonathan Sundy (https://jollygoodgang.com/) to discuss the films of Christopher Guest. Show Notes/Sources: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36532132-improv-nation https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1180245.Best_in_Show https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/13/12900334/mascots-movie-review-christopher-guest-netflix-tiff-16 https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting/film/a-mighty-wind/ https://www.filmcomment.com/article/all-in-the-family-christopher-guest/ http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_middlebrow/2006/11/christopher_guest.html https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/christopher-guest-on-mascots-spinal-tap-comedy-w444936 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/11/christopher-guest-on-life-as-a-baron-and-how-wife-jamie-lee-curtis-picked-him-out-of-a-magazine https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jan/10/features.weekend https://film.avclub.com/christopher-guest-returns-to-mockumentaries-with-the-fo-1798189166