Color Me Kubrick

In the mid-'90s, an Englishman by the name of Alan Conway (John Malkovich) conned many people into believing that he was the reclusive American director Stanley Kubrick, despite the fact that Conway was openly gay, bore no physical resemblance to Kubrick, and knew little about the director's work. ...more

Filled with deeply ironic visual, verbal, and musical references to the revered director from the opening frames, Colour Me Kubrick would seem the kind of tribute that the late Stanley Kubrick would have appreciated. Anchored by a hilariously fearless and jarringly off-kilter performance from John Malkovich, the film features a clever if episodic script from Anthony Frewin, brought to bear with a surfeit of visual wit by first-time feature director Brian Cook. The writer and director both worked ...more