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modes and conventions. On the abstract level, W<strong>in</strong>terbottom presents the spirit of the text<br />

<strong>in</strong> a new format, which makes the adaptation true to the spirit of Sterne. We also have a<br />

hard time forgett<strong>in</strong>g that we are watch<strong>in</strong>g the mak<strong>in</strong>g of a movie about the mak<strong>in</strong>g of a<br />

movie about a novel about the writ<strong>in</strong>g of a novel. These meta-layers are also embodied <strong>in</strong><br />

the film’s characters and actors who play versions of themselves who are play<strong>in</strong>g<br />

versions of themselves. Because A Cock and Bull Story gives us various manipulations of<br />

film-mak<strong>in</strong>g, through the appeal to many conventions, and ultimately leaves us with an<br />

unf<strong>in</strong>ished yet f<strong>in</strong>ished product, it is <strong>in</strong>deed a faithful adaptation. It is the very same<br />

bunch of “cock and bull” that we experience from Sterne.<br />

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