2005 · drama · mumblecore
The Comedy
Directed by Martin Scorsese1h 49m2005
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Our read: The Comedy (2005) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · mumblecore entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, gentle drama / mumblecore, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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“You want Scorsese's ice-cold fame satire where delusion and showbiz blur uncomfortably.”
Skip it tonight — You want laughs tonight; this stalker comedy leaves you deeply uneasy.
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