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TIFF Picks 09: Paul King’s Bunny & The Bull
Those who’ve seen his cult television work with The Mighty Boosh know where Paul King is coming from. King’s style and sense of humor will destroy all notions of the road movie. Hallelujah.
#5. BUNNY & THE BULL
Director: Paul King
Cast: Verónica Echegui, Simon Farnaby, Noel Fielding, Edward Hogg
Distributor: Rights Available.
Buzz: Those who’ve seen his cult television work with The Mighty Boosh know where Paul King is coming from. King’s style and sense of humor will destroy all notions of the road movie. Hallelujah. This also features the amazingly versatile Edward Hogg – I was introduced to him via White Lightnin’ at Sundance this year. The extremely stylish pic and performance defies classification. I’m thinking that Bunny & The Bull’s closest relative might be its New Zealand cousin Eagle vs. Shark.
The Gist: BUNNY & THE BULL is a road movie set entirely in a flat. Stephen Turnbull (Edward Hogg) hasn’t left the house in months. When an infestation of mice wreaks havoc on his precious routine, he finds his mind hurtling back to the disastrous trek round Europe he undertook the previous year with his best friend Bunny (Simon Farnaby).
It all began with a feeble attempt to declare his feelings in a hokey Captain Crab restaurant. Stephen is devastated to discover that the great love of his life has put him firmly in “the friend zone”. Bunny proposes that they go on holiday, determined to do something about “those walloping great space-hoppers” that Stephen has “clanging around in his pants”.
TIFF Schedule: TBA
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