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Miloš FormanPhotographie:
Anastas N. MichosActeurs·trices:
Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, Vincent Schiavelli, Leslie Lyles, Peter Bonerz, Eva Jeníčková, Richard Belzer (plus)VOD (1)
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Andy Kaufman a toujours aimé se mettre en scène. Petit, il s'imaginait présentateur de télévision. Devenu adulte, il fait des numéros d'imitation dans des cabarets puis s'invente un premier personnage, celui de « l'Étranger ». Il est alors abordé par un agent, George Shapiro, qui lui obtient un passage dans la célèbre émission Saturday Night Live et lui trouve un rôle dans le sitcom Taxi. C'est le début de la gloire. Mais au lieu de se reposer sur ses lauriers, Andy Kaufman multiplie les personnages et les défis, repoussant un peu plus loin les limites de la comédie et du bon goût... (Carlotta Films)
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Critiques (9)
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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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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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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