Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
George Clooney has many accolades. Sexiest Man in Hollywood. Academy Award winner. Every guy wants to be him, and every girl wants to be with him situation. All-around nice guy. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind was his first chance at directing, and in my opinion was a grand slam. The overall look of the film looks like a '70s flashback with a very distinct color shceme and camera filter, which complemented both the gritty and whimsical settings appropriately.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind chronicles that ambiguous secret life of real life television producer Chuck Barris. By night, Barris was depicted as a CIA hitman taking missions on his game show winners prize trips.
Outside of the uber-cool spy world premise, the movie also showed the personal bird-dogging lifestyle of Chuck Barris and his internal thought process of trying to make new shows. It was also edited together with testimonials from Barris' close friends including famed TV personality Dick Clark and Gong Show regulars like the Unknown Comic.
CODM's greatest achievement is spotlighting Sam Rockwell, who until this time was mostly comic support. He takes the lead role of Chuck Barris and plays him as the tragic hero the story depicts him as. He's witty and depressing, crazed and likeable, all at the same time.
This is also one of the few movies I liked BETTER than the book. The book dragged and was much more of an old style, surveliance area of spy work and Clooney's character, Barris' boss, was much less intimidating.
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