Burn Hollywood Burn Pt. Deux

Rating: Null/10 (7 December 2009)

Charlie X is a talented screenwriter who, despite dictating every creative move of his puppets (actors), is reduced to the status of a bum. Every woman in his life is only interested in his ability to introduce them to movie stars. As a writer who wants to earn money he is confined to the demimonde, floor 7 1/2, working pointlessly for a deluded producer whose continuing existence depends on owning one actor after another. Maybe.
The cast does a great job of not being primadonna Hollywood actors (John Cusack has always been more self-effacing than, well, George Clooney. Especially in that movie where he was a jewel thief)). Charlie Sheen bald and talking about hot lesbian witches, John Malkovich sniffing women's undies, Cameron Diaz looking like your lesbian great-aunt - all good.
Double bill it with Barton Fink.