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‘The worst film ever made’: how Sex Lives of the Potato Men broke British cinema (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by i_am_not_a_robot to c/britishfilms

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When the puerile comedy bombed, the film-makers blamed the critics and the Tories blamed the UK Film Council. Twenty years on, we reassess the legacy of a cinematic pariah whose champions include Stewart Lee and Mike Leigh

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[–] fakeman_pretendname 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I kind of want to watch this now. I mean, how bad could it be?

[–] Emperor 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Very.

[–] fakeman_pretendname 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So bad it goes all the way back round and ends up good again?

[–] Emperor 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nope.

[–] Emperor 3 points 11 months ago

But don't take the middle class elitist Guardian's word for it or mine, the whole thing is on YouTube. I'm going to rewatch it later.