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Reading this topic, I feel the movie, for a fair bit, flew over my head. To me, it was a story foremost about a terrible father who can never be content. Success, family, his daughter, wealth, superpower, it's never enough. It's a sickening look in the psych of a horrible person who only exists to achieve praise from whichever group he hasn't reached yet. He doesn't know the names of his crew, his fellow actors are just means to his own success instead of people to stimulate, he blatantly ignores his "pregnant" girlfriend, takes a second mortage. It's a bitter and bleak look at a narcissistic, egocentrical character. His daughter literally comments on it, when he finds out she's smoking pot. I found it quite darkly as well, because he doesn't grow one bit. In fact, he nearly kills himself for his goal and only when he succeeds (if you want to call it that), he finds the time to connect to his ex wife, for just a moment. Meanwhile, it says a lot about art, acting, fame and what not, but I really walked out feeling I watched a bleak family drama. I'll definitely rewatch it having read this topic. It's a treat to watch Keaton and Norton perform in this one regardless.
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