'In Memoriam' Review: Marc Maron Stars as a Dying Actor Obsessed With Making the Oscars Tribute Reel
By
Pete Hammond
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Summary
A review of the film 'In Memoriam' from the Tribeca Festival, starring Marc Maron as Langston Stanfield, a narcissistic and neurotic actor who learns he has six months to live and becomes obsessed with one goal: being included in the Oscars' annual 'In Memoriam' tribute reel. The review highlights the film's wry and comedic take on ego, mortality, and Hollywood vanity.
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Considering the pain that reel creates each year for the families of those actors and filmmakers left out, this might seem an odd idea to wrap a movie around, but the sheer narcissism it suggests is quite hilarious.
this particular actor, Langston Stanfield (played by Marc Maron
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