Hilarious Cable Info-Bar Description Of The Day: 'High Fidelity'
Posted at 12:45 PM Dec 30, 2008
By Kenny HerzogWelcome back to one of NSCDUV's most beloved daily features, which takes aim at the most confounding, misleading or abruptly hysterical info-bar synopses of the day's cable programming.
And while yesterday saw Who Framed Roger Rabbit recast as the titular character's attempt to rap his way back into Jessica's heart, today we follow our devilish remote control to a movie that, in the hands of the Cable Info-Bar, has evolved from poignant human drama to Charlie Kaufman-worthy metaphysical storytelling.
High Fidelity
The Actual Story: In this Nick Hornby adaptation, John Cusack plays a record-store owner/serial heart-breaker who also plays omniscient narrator, using music to tell the story of his romances and breakups, in an attempt to make sense of what he really wants.
Cable-Info Bar Synopsis: "A record-store owner realizes he's not a kid anymore."
What Their Description Would Have You Believe: After years of being delusionally convinced that he inhabits the body of a 7-year-old boy (think Big meets Benjamin Button), Cusack begins therapy to fight his way through childhood traumas that have disproportionately affected his outer perception of himself. And upon breaking through, finally begins looking at himself in the mirror without seeing a distorted image across the way. And then he uses music to tell the story of his romances and breakups, in an attempt to make sense of what he really wants.
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