When they finally found out they'd been had, most of his victims were too embarrassed to pursue the matter further. Only when "Kubrick" ran into New York Times theater critic Frank Rich, and complained about the way that paper had portrayed him as a "recluse," did things begin to fall apart.
Color Me Kubrick is a very entertaining look at Conway's con, thanks to a flurry of in-jokes and references to the real Kubrick's movies (especially the music) and another stellar performance by John Malkovich. Malkovich is American, but when he plays Conway trying to pass himself off as Kubrick, he really sounds like a British actor trying desperately to play an American. Pulling that off is much harder than it sounds.
This film is the latest subject of Mark Cuban's experiment in releasing films in theaters, on cable TV, and DVD almost simultaneously. Color Me Kubrick opens in some art-house cinemas this weekend, will be shown on the HDNet movie channel this Friday, and comes out on DVD on March 27. I recommend seeing it either way.
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