A Brush With Comedy vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for A Brush With Comedy). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 2h . A Brush With Comedy is the older of the two (2023 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Brush With Comedy posterA Brush With Comedy2023 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
A Brush With ComedyOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20232024
Length2h 19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorLouis MoirXandra Popescu
Main castReece Shearsmith, Jessica Hynes, Vic Reeves, Spencer Jones, Simon MunneryGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

A Brush With Comedy

Feature documentary from Louis Moir exploring the relationship between comedy and art, and the inner conflicts that lie within. Featuring the director's father Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, Spencer Jones, Simon Munnery, Miriam Elia and Bec Hill as they each prepare work for an exhibition.

On the Impossibility of an Homage

Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.

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