The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of A Serial Killer October 1, 2011

John Malkovich takes the stage portraying a dead serial killer who returns to the stage to present his autobiography in a public reading. As part of a theatrical opera of sorts, Malkovich, a 40-piece chamber orchestra, and two sopranos tell the real-life story of Jack Unterweger, a convicted murderer and acclaimed prison poet. Pardoned by the Austrian president Kurt Waldheim in 1990 at the behest of the Viennese literati, Unterweger's public "rehabilitation" was anything but -- within two years, he had been arrested and convicted for the brutal murder of 11 prostitutes in three countries. This gripping performance features arias and music by Gluck, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Boccherini, and Haydn as the counterpoint to Malkovich's chilling monologue, which shifts between reality and delusion.