Man of the Century (1999)

As played by co-screenwriter Gibson Frazier, who in profile bears a nifty resemblance to George Gershwin, Johnny has no conflicts, no inner life; he's a pre-Freudian swell stuck in a post-Freudian world. That's a resonant gimmick for a movie -- at least it was when Woody Allen first tried it in ''The Purple Rose of Cairo.'' But director-cowriter Adam Abraham hasn't thought out Man of the Century beyond the handsome black-and-white cinematography and one thin, likable gag. He's made a premise masquerading as a movie.