Carrey stayed in character throughout the making of the movie, which wouldve been intriguing enough.
So Carrey would play Kaufman playing Clifton.
Rumors circulatedat the timeof behind-the-scenes video, shot by Kaufmans girlfriend, that included hours of Carrey on set.
Were further now fromMan on the MoonthanMan on the Moonwas from Kaufmans death.
Jim & Andyoscillates between three main narrative threads.
But Kaufman was also a creature of his show business era.
Carrey recalls taking onMan on the Moon, and beginning the process of getting into Kaufmans head.
What happened afterwards, he says, was out of my control.
The sequences set behind the scenes are fascinating.
Its a feast for anyone who loves to watch movies get made.
And watching Carrey play is… strange.
Most people felt that the movie was happening behind the camera, Carrey says.
Becker storms out, and we see that one of the makeup artists iscrying.
That reminds me of my dad, she says, laughing through real tears.
I cant believe that.
In that same sequence, we see Paul Giamatti in the makeup chair next to Carrey.
Giamatti played Kaufman lieutenant Bob Zmuda inMan on the Moon.
Jim & Andydoesnt have the clarity to investigate that, though.
with a once-over-lightly take on his greatest hits and no mention of his misses.
The celebrity worship runsdeepinJim & Andy, and so the film misses one of its own most fascinating points.
We see the on-set arrival of Jerry Lawler, a wrestler who staged several disturbing-hilarious events with Kaufman himself.
Carrey treats Lawlerhorribly, calling him names, trying to get a rise out of him.
Theres a layer missing to the performance though.
In real life, Andy and I were friends, Lawler tells the camera.
We planned things together.
But you wonder ifJim & Andy and Carrey missed some essential point about Kaufman.
Because the blunt truth is that Carrey could get away with whatever he wanted to on the set.
But, like, of course he is.
When youre a star, you could get away withanything.
They let you do it.
it’s possible for you to do anything.
SoJim & Andyis also a portrait of a special kind of superstar privilege, pushed to an extreme.
And it catches something embryonic, too.
Its, like, on thereal news, he says.
Poppers Penguins, go.
Second: Surely there were some other people involved in the manifesting of those movies?
ButJim & Andycant quite follow through on the darkness of that statement.
It doesnt mention the meh reaction the film earned from audiences.
(The Globes were goofy years beforeGet Out!)
