Colour Me Kubrick
Colour Me Kubrick
| 06 October 2005 (USA)
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The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Senteur

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

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Hadrina

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Fleur

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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Edith Hobbart

Outrageous, delightful, astonishing one man show by the phenomenal John Malkovich. They tell us the story is a true-ish tale and they could have fooled me because it feels, the story and the character, like escapees from a Monty Python project. John Malkovich goes further that most people who ventures into a trueish story. Leonardo Di Caprio in "Catch Me If You Can" plays a true life con who gets away with the most incredible things but we buy that people buy it because there is something so believable in Di Caprio's persona. John Malkovich goes the opposite way. He doesn't care whether you believe it or not because he believes it. It is a spectacular performance and that alone makes Color Me Kubrick a must.

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Cosmoeticadotcom

I watched my first pure Netflix fiction film, as opposed to documentary, and it was not good. I was going to watch In The Mood For Love, by Wong Kar-wai, but the picture could not include all of the subtitles at the bottom. The same was true with Masaki Kobayashi's Samurai Rebellion, but that, too, had issues with the framing out of subtitles. Reported both problems, so that dampened the mood for foreign films. Then I came across a 2006 comedy and drama called Color Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story, which is about the noted 1990s impersonator of Stanley Kubrick- a gay man who used Kubrick's own hermitry to his advantage, since few knew what the real Kubrick looked like. People may recall when New York Times drama critic, Frank Rich, wrote of his encounter with the imposter, Alan Conway, at a restaurant. This chance meeting led to Conway's eventual downfall and exposure, and was one of the seminal events in what might be termed the 'Modern Celebrity Crazy Fan Age' which includes stalkers and impersonators. As mild as my renown is, restricted to online arts and film venues, even I've had stalkers and impersonators. But, whereas some celebrities ended up being killed by their pursuers, Conway never sought Kubrick, only to use his name to his own advantage; an idea which fascinated Kubrick, according to reports. It was even rumored that Kubrick considered a screenplay on his own impersonator, but both Conway and Kubrick died before anything could come of it.

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meeza

COLOR ME KUBRICK: A TRUE…..ISH STORYLife falsely imitates art truly (ok, oxymoron rampage) in the hilarious outlandish "Color Me Kubrick: A True….Ish Story". John Malkovich stars as Alan Conway, a flamboyant witty conman who truly impersonated the legendary Stanley Kubrick in London during the 90's. What was so surreal or unreal in this matter is that his schemes worked. Since Kubrick was considered a recluse in his London home and studio, many Londoners actually fell for Conway's manipulation and handed over lavish gifts & dollars to Stanley Kubrick, I mean, Alan Conway himself! See what I mean! His manipulative ploys worked like "Clockwork" and it was a strange "Odyssey" that had the light "Shining" on Conway and these poor fools did not know how much their "Eyes Wide Shut" vision had them looking like rubbish victims; I thought I would color Kubrick myself with that homage. John Malkovich's eccentric & masterful performance is in the elite class of the year. Hey, he is a superb actor; he was just being his usual John Malkovich grand auteur self. Writer Anthony Ferwin, a longtime Kubrick collaborator, colored the film with comical ingredients with his trueish screenplay. Director Brian Cook spiced up this true story adaptation with meaty experimental direction; just like the master Stanley. Cook, who also was a Kubrick Assistant Director, did learn to cook up film direction from Kubrick himself. So I feed you no bull...it when I say that "Color Me Kubrick: A True….ish Story" paints a pretty comical picture for the movie public. ***** Excellent

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ewarn-1

Either DVDs have created too many niche markets, or big time filmmakers have become so disengaged from public tastes that they're willing to come up with anything and shove it in our faces, thinking we will find interest in things that are just not interesting.In recent times, Sean Penn filmed a story about a psychopath who tried to hijack a plane and crash it into Washington D.C. It was based on a true story about a nasty creep who only caused a lot of people trouble and killed some men. Did he rate a motion picture being filmed about his life? No. What was the point, except arrogance on the part of the filmmakers.Colour Me Kubrick is the same type of story, about a nasty little loser who pretends to be someone else because A.) He wants free drinks B.) he's a nasty little loser, or C.) he wants free drinks. That's it. That's the whole story. Funny? No. Interesting? No. Sad? Only in that so much money was wasted on this project.If you're interested in Stanley Kubrick, there is no reason to watch this film, it really has nothing to do with him. The thief who uses his name has no interest in Kubrick or even watches his movies. Generally, the whole thing is a waste of time.

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