Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
AroView: The life and neuroses of TV-producer Chuck Barris are the subject of this ‘confession’, a freewheeling comic fantasy in which the worlds of 1970s trash TV and Cold War intrigue collide.
The central (and unproven) conceit is that Barris moonlighted as a CIA hitman, performing ‘wet ops’ in conjunction with his duties as creator of ‘The Dating Game’. Scripted by arch-screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation) this revels in its own arcane cultural details and swift-flowing plot, even if it doesn’t always gel. Directed competently by debutante George Clooney.
Director
Languages
English, Spanish
Closed Captions [CC]
English
Countries
USA, Germany, Canada
Studio
Paramount
