I can think of no bigger hell than that. The movie you thought would win you the oscar and be an all time classic was a critically reviled flop… while the 'Ghostbusters' you thought was shit and you half-assed your way through, ended up being an all time classic.
Every time GB is mentioned would remind you of how you failed. How you failed yourself,. How you failed your art. How you failed belushi.
So you hide. You quit the film business since it's all for plebs anyway, the type of plebs who would flock to ghostbusters, but turn away from razors edge.
Except something happens.
Being in the real world reminds you quickly how good you had it. How easy it was making easy money by making stupid faces into the camera and deadpan remarks. So you get dragged back into sequels and garbage and make as much money as you can. But all along, you don't give a crap about what you're doing, and you hate everyone around you.
Fast forward to 1993. Groundhog day happens. Finally a chance to redeem himself with a movie that explores the concepts and philosophies of buddhism. This is going to be a film that makes a difference. The oscar winning film that you wanted razor's edge to be.
Except there was fucking egon forcing you to do the same old shtick. Egon was a successful director, and when you tried directing, you fucking failed. You can't stand being directed by someone who you felt under you, so you try to get egon fired, but Egon wins. They force you to do the clown shtick again. Hyuck hyuck, Bill.
So you write it off as yet another shit movie, and never talk to that fucking jew and kiss-as egon again. The end result: Groundhog day is another all time classic.
No wonder Bill Murray is such an ass. His life has been one failure after another, and every time he put his foot down, he got cucked.
By the time he got his oscar worthy role, he had burned too many bridges and pissed too many people off, and hollywood said fuck you, Sean Penn takes the oscar.
You want to know the problem with Bill Murray? He thinks of himself as something more than the filthy clown he is. And he is nothing more, and he will never be anything more. Deep down, he knows it, and he's pissed.
