Overview
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
This is a very non-trivial plot - a Jewish screenwriter writes about a Jewish TV producer, but it's all shot by a completely European director. And besides, it's all about a Jew who, oddly enough, is an anti-communist. A rarity for Hollywood.
The beginning of the film is quite gray, prosaic, shows a loser and really pulls everything off. But this part needs to be waited out, it's done for contrast. Then the show begins... how do I choose something similar? It's like if the Cohens had a third brother.
This is great, smart humor, detective noir, passionate women and 007-only without going into the style of Austin Powers. An American shield and a sword that you can't stop laughing at.
This is a real application for the top cinematographic position, and of course George will have more films. But it all started with this