Starting this Friday and Saturday, Harmony Korine's (Corporate Ghost, The Diary of Anne Frank Part II) film Mister Lonely will run for two weeks (through May 6) at the IFC Center. It's probably the only film that will attempt to explore the magical, mystical paradise of a headspace that is celebrity impersonation. It might also be the only time you see a figure that resembles Michael Jackson romantically involved with a female (nose intact). From the IFC organizers:

Harmony Korine's long-awaited return to moviemaking finds a down-on-his-luck Michael Jackson impersonator (Y Tu Mama Tambien's Diego Luna) fleeing the sad streets of Paris with Samantha Morton's Marilyn Monroe look-alike for a commune of celebrity wannabes in the Scottish Highlands. Meanwhile, somewhere in the Amazon, a priest (Werner Herzog) discovers a troupe of nuns who can fly. Steeped in Korine's trademark outrageous humor, but tempered with a new and unexpected soulfulness, MISTER LONELY is a visually ravishing fable of dreamers big and small.

Korine will be on hand at the evening screenings both Friday and Saturday nights (those would be the 8:20 and 10:45 times). I'm checking this one out...will you?

And if that enticing poster isn't enough for you, here's the trailer: