Chris Morris (I)
- 61 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, producer and composer
Press clippings Page 6
Watching Brass Eye as a documentary
The genius of Brass Eye's satire meant it was never too far off the tabloid journalism it skewered.
Emma O'Brien, The Skinny, 5th February 201820 years on, how Chris Morris invented fake news
Out-takes from Brass Eye have been made into a film to mark its birthday - but fans of the cult show can only view it at rare live cinema screenings.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian, 22nd October 2017Oxide Ghosts: the Brass Eye Tapes - review
This is one for Morris completists, I think. If you have no idea who he is or what Brass Eye was, this really isn't going to be much help. And the chances are you'll leave the cinema feeling distinctly underwhelmed.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 17th September 2017Fuss over Brass Eye's bad taste obscures its genius
As part of our 90s comedy week, we ask whether Chris Morris' celeb-baiting satire holds up, 20 years on.
Tom Gatti, The New Statesman, 8th August 2017Brass Eye: previously unseen material set to be shown
Nearly two decades since it was last seen on our screens, Chris Morris' classic satirical TV show Brass Eye continues to enjoy an army of fans. And some of them are in for a real treat.
Martin Prince, Cult Box, 21st July 2017Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes - first screening
Not all TV comedy shows stand up to repeated viewings. Some are so unmemorable that you've pretty much forgotten them before you've even finished watching. But that certainly doesn't apply to the mighty Brass Eye. When it was first broadcast on Channel 4 in early 1997, after being delayed a few months due to legal wranglings and a severe case of broadcasterly cold feet, Brass Eye was revealed to be gobsmackingly audacious.
Andy Murray, Chortle, 10th May 2017New documentary made about Brass Eye
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes has been compiled from hundreds of hours of unseen material from director Michael Cumming's archive.
Chortle, 23rd March 2017Brass Eye wouldn't survive today
Our era is too kneejerk and censorious for iconoclasm.
Patrick West, Spiked, 10th February 2017Brass Eye 20 years on: the unstoppable genius of Morris
I'll be honest. Putting the Brass Eye DVD into the player, I was worried about how the series would have aged. Fully 20 years to the month from when it was first broadcast, how would it stand up to being revisited? After all, this was satire at its most cutting, directly addressing the issues of the time: surely it would have dated like crazy?
Dave Fawbert, ShortList, 9th February 2017Brass Eye at 20: still Chris Morris at his best
From Cake to Paedogeddon, Chris Morris's epochal satire always said the unsayable. No other comedy has touched it - or even come close.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 30th January 2017