Dir: Todd Haynes
1987
****
Creepy, controversial but also quite honest, albeit brutally. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story certainly deserves the kudos the underground have given it. It is raw film making at its best. Essentially, Todd Haynes has reversed the modern biopic, using plastic models to tell the true story, rather than real people telling a plastic story. I disagree that it is tasteless towards the Carpenters, it seems very obvious to me that Todd Haynes is fan. The harsh realities are often hard to watch, I can see why Richard Carpenter wouldn't have liked it though. It's a very entertaining and clever little film though, destined to stay underground and about as cult as you can get. It's essential viewing for wannabe film makers.
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