Review of The King of Comedy (1982) by Scott W — 11 Jul 2015

I get frustrated when people say they cant like a movie if the central character isn't their taste or kind of person. Well, that might be because it is the meaning to be that way, an intend of the director and writer.

Maybe films should be challenging instead of easy to feel and understand, or at least some films. This is an film that triggers frustration and irritation and have characters that you may not like or aprove of.

DeNiros character Rupert pupkin reminds me of Jake Gyllenhaals character from Nightcrawler, psychopathic, excentic and egoistic. He is a 30-something year old nerd who lives in his mothers basement with cutboards of Jerry Langford that he talks to.

All the dream sequenses are well done and innovative because the most of them is filmed with a TV-camera which gives it a different effect than from other dream sequenses. It is written with irony within showbusiness and fanboyism and straight up obsession over fame and famous people.

All because of the TV. Extremely well directed and acted, perfectly written and very realistic. It is not a comedy and more of a drama and psychological film filled with dark and tragically true reality.