Movie of the Day – Bowfinger

I don’t want to keep harping on Eddie Murphy and his recent filmography, but there is some gold that I keep coming back to and mining from his career.  I can look past the fat suits, family friendly comedies that hamper his comedic talents, and even more fat suits, as there are some rather strong, memorable movies that he has done.  Bowfinger is one of those movies that I put up there as one of his better movies in his storied career.  Placing his comedy talents with that of Steve Martin already have me sold on this movie even before I saw it back in 1999.  But what makes this memorable for me, besides the talent that is on board for the movie, is that Bowfinger is really a strong parody of Hollywood filmmaking and the industry itself.  A kind of smack in the face of movie making that calls out the ridiculous process of movie magic and the ability to get shit made in the sycophantic world of celebrities, big shot distributors and those that worship at the feet of the industry to make it someday and somehow.

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