Director:
Miloš FormanCámara:
Anastas N. MichosReparto:
Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, Vincent Schiavelli, Leslie Lyles, Peter Bonerz, Eva Jeníčková, Richard Belzer, Michael Kelly (más)Sinopsis(1)
La película se centra en la carrera del cómico estadounidense Andy Kaufman, quien falleció tristemente en el año1984 a causa de un cáncer de pulmón. Nacido en Nueva York en 1949, debutó en numerosos "cabarets" en los que fue puliendo sus técnicas y su estilo para llegar a convertirse en un extraordinario artista en todos los sentidos. Así fue ganándose el respeto de todos y cada uno de los individuos con los que debería relacionarse para mejorar su posición socio-económica, algo fundamental de cara a obtener el éxito que tanto ansiaba desde que era un crío. (Tripictures)
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This film is absolutely disgusting, stupid, idiotic, I didn't like it at all!... No, no, no, no, this film is absolutely brilliant and riveting!… What's truth and what's fabrication? That must have been the feelings of the audiences of Andy Kaufman, a master of misdirection, a man who lived an exciting, crazy, funny and sad life at the same time. And that is what this film is like, and I mean it. Forman knew that a life story like this was worth filming. His direction is downright brilliant, fresh, as if by a young filmmaker at the peak of their powers. Jim Carrey certainly doesn't ruin it, he's wonderful, but I liked him even more as Kaufman's alter-ego Tony Clifton, I cracked up laughing. Those two hours are watchable in one breath. Bravo!
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To start off with, I found this so confusing that I doubted that it could have been made by a director of Miloš Forman’s caliber. But then all the parts begin to fall into place and I realized that the entire storytelling format and structure beautifully reflects Kaufman’s beguiling humor. The screenplay is highly polished in all respects. Watched a second time, you realize that Man on the Moon is a movie that is thought-out to the very last detail where everything serves toward forming the illusion. All in all perfect. Jim Carrey excels on all fronts in the main role and the others skillfully support him. And as for the directing, this is certainly one of Forman’s most ingenious pictures, while not being his very best.
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My rating is a bit reserved because I am rating it from a distance: I saw Man on the Moon many years ago, as an immature observer. I'll probably try it again, just to see if I'll rate it higher. Something tells me that Jim Carrey's life role of the perfect madman deserves it.
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Miloš Forman's filmography has two peaks: In terms of content and the significance of the theme, his best film is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but in terms of film language, editing, and film structure, the most interesting is definitely Man on the Moon. From a commercial perspective, it is Forman's most daring film, as such a demanding work could not find a place in the American market. Jim Carrey's performance is literally fascinating, and undoubtedly, it is his triumph, through which he definitively broke free from the box of a mocking comedian in undemanding comedies. Thanks to the complex personality of Andy Kaufman, the myth surrounding his character, and a series of mystifications accompanying his life (which the screenplay skillfully utilizes), I think it is the most interesting biographical film I have had the opportunity to see so far. Overall impression: 100%.
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I was a fool for putting off this film for a year because, instead of trusting Forman, I was a afraid of the not very appealing duo of Carrey and DeVito and the story about a comedian I didn’t know. It’s always nice to be surprised and thrilled by a film that you would’ve never expected. Funny and impressive gem.
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