Jul 26, 2010
Trailer 462 of 482
Ok, it's not really such a comedy, unless you consider the comedy of embarrassment, humiliation and pain. Scorsese and DeNiro followed Raging Bull with this unexpected gem, a bracingly offbeat portrait of a wannabe comic who'll do just about anything to impress his idol, a jaded talk show host played (brilliantly) by Jerry Lewis. Audiences didn't get it in 1982, but it's come to be recognized as one of the director's finest, sort of a skewed reimagining of Taxi Driver.
i like watching the trailers but would it be possible to replay them without the commentary? Just a suggestion.. .
I think the Eloi stuff in this adaptation is a little too silly and idyllic, but mostly this is a worthy H. ...
The glimpse into the home of the cannibal still gives me nightmares to this day. I first saw this when I was five late one night on Sci-Fi channel...
Allison's commentary is spot on. I visited Haight-Ashbury not long ago, and it still has a peculiar hippie vibe that is a little in tune with "Psych-Out...
Burt Lancaster was one of Hollywood's best actors, but how amazing is Tony Curtis in this? He's such a sniveling little social climber, and yet he's completely magnetic.. .
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