Doing the gameshow impresario and "unauthorized autobiographer" one better, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" advances Chuck Barris' tall tale of his double life as a TV producer and CIA assassin ...

Sam Rockwell (left) portrays “Gong Show” host Chuck Barris in “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.” George Clooney (right), who directed the film, also has a role.

Perhaps I shouldn’t have read Confessions of a Dangerous Mind before I saw the movie. Kaufman’s next film, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, is due out later this year.