It was originally intended to be part of an electronic press kit, but ended up sitting in a Universal Pictures vault for the past couple decades because the studio didn't want anyone to come away from watching it thinking that Jim Carrey was "an asshole." Initially, the studio even put the kibosh on this project coming together, but thankfully, American Movie director Chris Smith was able to get it off the ground. The documentary comes from roughly 20 hours of candid footage of Jim Carrey on the set of Man on the Moon. The Man on the Moon documentary is called Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – The Story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton, and this sounds like a movie that I didn't know I wanted to see and now can't see it soon enough. That's exactly what Jim Carrey did while working on Man on the Moon, and a new documentary that premiered at the Venice Film Festival explores the "psychotic" lengths to which the actor went to stay in character. We hear about method acting from actors occasionally, with talents like Daniel Day-Lewis investing themselves so deeply into a character that they maintain the illusion of that performance between takes on set, sometimes even when they're completely away from the production, all in an effort to give the most authentic portrayal possible. The 1999 biopic about famous, controversial and genius comedian Andy Kaufman starred Jim Carrey in the lead role, and his work on the movie is very well known due to the length that he went to in order to stay in character. Our original article follows below.Īs a die-hard stand-up comedy nerd, one of my favorite movies is Man on the Moon. Netflix has officially picked up the film. I just want to be content.Update: If Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – The Story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton sounds like something you want to see, you're in luck. I really don’t like life feeling like a rollercoaster banking between the highs and lows of life. how can you attain all of those goals if you can’t even be honest with yourself about where you need to improve? let alone be honest with those you love?įuck this shit man. It is impossible to even maintain a shred of honesty between person to person. it just seems that sometimes that goal is unattainable. To be a successful man, be a husband a provider and a father. Is all the pain and trauma, the trials the tribulations, the melancholy and heartbreak even worth it? why do we experience such terrible things if it does not even matter in the long run. The only purpose that life can have is the purpose we give it, but how can you quantify your own purpose if you do not understand your own creation? we are forgotten in less than 4 generations. 80,000 years ago a woman gave birth to a child and that woman gave birth to current civilization and yet we have no clue who she is. the earth spinning and how tiny and trivial each person and all their lives are. Sometimes i like to think about where we are in the world. waiting, hoping, wishing, praying that it will all work out in the end. I work so hard for everything that i have.
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Sometimes i do and i don’t know how to approach it. What a truly admirable person, that I thoroughly misjudged.ĭo you ever feel hopeless? Stuck in a rut? Lost and searching for meaning? When he was asked to tear down his life once more in the name of love he did it without question. This remarkable gentleman built his life from nothing, and made something out of himself. They fled to canada and started their life fresh with nothing. Marrying an orphan, who was from a different social caste and religion. He met her at the age of 29 and fell in love deeply with her, just as she loved him. He never had a girlfriend and never touched a woman prior. He put himself through university and became an assistant professor at the university. By the age of 17 he adopted 2 children, also orphans and raised them.
By the age of 13 he became a machinist to support and feed himself. Living in hostels struggling to survive as a young man. As we began to talk i began to learn about his life. He told me what he wanted for a haircut and i proceded to cut his hair. He sat down and the first thing I thought is he was going to be picky.
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