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Color Me Kubrick, written by Stanley Kubrick's former assistant Anthony Frewin, twlls the story of con man Alan Conway. For years, Conway passed himself off as Kubrick, making munificent long-term promises while sponging in the short term. Conway's success is surprising and sadly amusing, but his story runs a fairly straight line. What makes the picture come to loony life is John Malkovich as Conway. Malkovich gives a brilliantly self-conscious performance. Playing Conway as a bad actor, Malkovich compounds the stupidity of the other characters. The more people believe Conway, the more preposterous Malkovich makes Conway's performances, as if his marks' credulity empowered him to new heights of smug self-destructiveness.
