I won't copy this other long-ish article here, but this is another in-depth analysis of "Man on the Moon" after its release. Another interesting read.

http://www.angelfire.com/movies/oc/manonthemoon.html

And by the way, the missing word in the previous post's last paragraph was "d a m n." "Didn't give a ****" could be so many things!

Another good article. Both very interesting. However if the same movie had performed above box office expectations everyone would now be writing articles about the movie’s success, not failure. And praising its brilliance etc. and blah blah and blippity blopp.....

“Maybe "Man on the Moon" really wasn't meant to rake in big box-office bucks”. I would hope so. Surely no one intended to turn Andy’s life into a Hollywood hit? That would be so ironic - or something.

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Good article

The movie was good too dammit! You apparently can’t have a box office hit without sex, nudity, violence or foul language, or at least some serious pandering and attempts at dirt digging. I think audiences like their thrills cheap and their brains in the off position.