Mary vs the Movies

Episode 193 – The Big Picture (1989)

Kevin Bacon and a young woman are talking to an older couple. Jennifer Jason Leigh is there wearing what can only be described as the most extra headpiece I have ever seen. It's like a cross between a Frida Kahlo flower crown, a Goth bush, and an 18th century wig. It's black with red flowers and has a bird in wired branches above like it's in a tree.

Nick Chapman is a film student who suddenly hits it big in Hollywood, and finds out how much of a curse that is. The directorial debut of Christopher Guest is a sly satire of filmmaking that has a surprisingly sweet center.

Starring Keving Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, J. T. Walsh, and Michael McKean. Written by Christopher Guest, Michal McKean, and Michal Varhol. Directed by Christopher Guest.

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