INSIGNIFICANCE (1985) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Nicolas Roeg
Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Tony Curtis,
Michael Emil, Will Sampson
Reality's all in the mind in this offbeat theater piece in which characters representing Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, Albert Einstein and Joe McCarthy cross paths in a New York hotel room in 1954. Curtis gives one of his best performances as the slimy, Red-baiting senator, and Will Sampson does a bemused cameo as the world's tallest Indian elevator operator. The scene in which Monroe demonstrates how relativity works for Einstein is a highlight. The ending's a bit of a shock.
Tony Curtis
(1925-2010)
