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It's No Laughing Matter.
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
The King of Comedy
1982 Directed by Martin Scorsese
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Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Sandra Bernhard Diahnne Abbott Shelley Hack Frederick de Cordova Kim Chan Ed Herlihy Lou Brown Margo Winkler Ralph Monaco Catherine Scorsese Cathy Scorsese Loretta Tupper Peter Potulski Vinnie Gonzales Whitey Ryan Doc Lawless Marta Heflin Chuck Low Katherine Wallach Charles Kaleina Richard Baratz Liza Minnelli Leslie Levinson Alan Potashnick Michael Kolba Robert Colston Ramon Rodriguez Show All…
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Alternative Titles
Re per una notte, O Rei da Comédia, Král komedie, 코미디의 왕, Король комедії, Ο Βασιλιάς της Κωμωδίας, 喜劇之王, Король комедии, キング・オブ・コメディ, El rey de la comedia
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Both deliciously funny and scary as hell; Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy is a work of ingenious, prophetic wisdom and focus. Both grounded and elevated by one of Robert De Niro's finest performances, the film slivers and slides through different forms of deconstruction and satire until the final irony hits like a ton of bricks.
Martin Scorsese's direction is magnificent here. While not as classical as Raging Bull or as lush as Taxi Driver, It feels just as pure, mainly when the camera decides to watch Rupert Pupkin in all his mesmerizing and terrifying glory. Both hilarious and creepy, De Niro embodies this complex character with glorious quirkiness and a sense of childish playfulness. In particular, the scenes involving…
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"The King of Comedy" is an accurate description of how i feel whenever i post a Letterboxd review that gets more than 20 likes
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I read the interview for this in ‘Scorsese on Scorsese’ and he claimed that to get in character Robert DeNiro started stalking and harassing his own stalkers. Showing up to their apartments, calling them in the middle of the night, etc. Thought it was worth posting here.
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but seriously, how long has Jerry Langford been tied up in Jay Leno's basement? ...someone really ought to go check on him.
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Kind of thought of this as second-tier Scorsese—second tier being a still pretty high perch—until this recent rewatch. When I got to the monologue I felt like I was watching pretty much a perfect movie.