Permanent Midnight starring Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley on DVD

 
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Ben Stiller takes his first (more or less) dramatic lead in this largely successful, darkly comic film based on the junkie memoirs of Jerry Stahl, one-time hotshot Hollywood scriptwriter. A story spinner for such shows as ALF, thirtysomething, and Moonlighting, Stahl snorted and mainlined his considerable profits and lived to tell about it. His recollections skewer showbiz self-involvement by suggesting no one who wanted his services was also willing to notice that he was in deep personal trouble. The evidence on the screen may or may not support that claim, but what is certain is that this film directed by David Veloz (one of the writers of Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers) establishes an energetic, hilarious tone that is all the more successful for its sharp contrast with the graphic, morose subject matter. Framed by a narrative device that bespeaks of Stahl's real-life crawl back toward redemption (in which we see Stiller telling a one-night stand, played by Maria Bello, of his L.A. misadventures), the story focuses on sundry strategic mistakes (marrying a British woman--well-played by Elizabeth Hurley--for her money, for instance) and the familiar absurdities of Hollywood narcissism. Besides Bello and Hurley, the supporting cast is outstanding: Fred Willard as a producer, Janeane Garofalo as an agent, Peter Greene as a dealer. Even at its darkest, when Veloz yields to some need to paint a few cautionary stripes on Stahl's worst moments as an addict, the film holds onto its comic credentials.

 

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