Scribe-ls

Color me amused.  John Malkovich explores and expands on the character of a man who led a long, successful con in which he lived quite a spectacular adventure misrepresenting himself as Stanley Kubrick, the famous and eccentric film director.  The plot is outrageously funny in its preposterousness while it's also outrageously sad that people are so anxious to cuddle up to fame that they lose hold of common sense.  How simple the swindle when the marks are enthralled by the romance of fame!  To feel so special that a self-proclaimed, yet generally obscure, rich and famous person actually chose you as an associate/lover/business partner/prodigy!  To feel so bleak when the smoke clears and the mirrors break, leaving you with embarrassment and disappointment along with empty heart or pockets. 

Such a sly, clever little movie.  It provokes some self-examination as well as snickers and giggles.  The story involves gay men, heavy drinking and criminal behavior.  Keep this one for a parents' private viewing.