Donated to the Library of Congress with instructions not to let anyone see it before 2025, Jerry Lewis’ Holocaust film is perhaps the worst piece of cinema ever made or a hidden masterpiece.
While we wait, there’s a new documentary on the “The Day the Clown Cried” that contains never before seen stills and Jerry Lewis’ own explanation for why he is determined to keep the movie locked away for 50 years.
Most of his films are terrific. Why would this be any different?
The guy is a genius.
I see the BBC has put a trigger warning out for the documentary about the movie.
Is that required by law now, or are British adults just deemed by the elites to be that infantile now?
Looks like it could be a young Henry Waxman biopic.
Um, you aren’t by any chance French, are you?
Just askin’…
🙂
I forgot who Waxman was, then I saw the picture and realized you hit it right on the head
There was manure eating joke and I seem to remember somebody uttering S**t word in the interviews.
The stills were intriguing, but Jerry Lewis’ answer for why he’s kept the film under wraps gave me a bad feeling that it doesn’t work and fails in a really disturbing way.
If Lewis’ is a genius, and given the awards he’s had from Europe for his directing – I’m starting to trust his judgment.
Curious if it would fail the same way Blazing Saddles would were it released today.