Chameleon Street (1989)

Grungy, hilarious pseudo-autobiography about a con artist who lives through—and for—grand deception. Gore Vidal once said that “A memoir is how one remembers one's own life”—allowing for factual unreality opens the way for a vivid emotional reality and a gripping portrayal of Street's grass-treading exploration of his personal garden of forking paths. Okay, so the secondary acting's often stilted. Okay, so the cinematography's rough. Wendell Harris' core performance as William Street is engaging and convincing and hilarious.