Taken with the rest of the sources currently available on Andy Kaufman, this is just another facet to a complex career and an homage to a brilliant man. Taken on it's own, MAN ON THE MOON is a magical, funny, and wonderful film. So many seem unwilling to admit that Carrey can act. Sure, Carrey observes and uses the many Kaufman quirks without a fault, but his observation goes far beyond what any other actor seems capable of. That was an imitation along the lines of Geoffrey Rush in SHINE, or Hilary Swank in BOYS DON'T CRY, or Richard Farnsworth in THE STRAIGHT STORY. Some call it an imitation, though that seems overly simplified and absurd. If you want to see everything Kaufman did, find a recording of it and watch that. The film is capable of capturing the essence of Kaufman's world.
But lets face it, everything couldn't and didn't need to be included. his stints on Johnny Carson and David Letterman, his work with performance artist Laurie Anderson, his street corner preaching). A coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. With Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Gail Strickland, Reese Witherspoon. Some of the more humorous moments in Kaufman's career were not mentioned (i.e. The Man in the Moon: Directed by Robert Mulligan. analysis comedy cinema-history man-on-the-moon.
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It's common knowledge that explaining a joke renders it humorous (a notion that Andy toyed with in his Foreign Man routine, remember?) True, some facts were altered for dramatic purposes (though the truth is just as interesting), or maybe just necessity, but the base story is still pretty accurate. In the 1999 film 'Man on the Moon' starring Jim Carrey as the infamous comic Andy Kaufman, the movie takes great pains to recreate specific points in Kaufmans life. So why should a film spoil the mystery? MAN ON THE MOON was as an homage to Andy, NOT an explanation, and far better than those dull, lifeless documentaries on E! or comedy central in which uninteresting comedians try to explain why Andy was brilliant. Since ancient times mankind has watched the Moon each night, and throughout history this rocky, crater studded orb has captivated people’s imagination and played an important part in influencing human mythology, art and science. His sense of humor (if he even had one) was not for everyone to understand. He was socially inept, utterly brilliant, and a strange and distant individual. It's simple: there was no real Andy Kaufman. Critics complain that while engaging, this film does not let the viewer in on who exactly Kaufman was. So needless to say I was looking forward to this film.
But somehow this strange man was able to affect both my work and outlook. I've been an Andy Kaufman fan for quite a while now.
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