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Just saw this for the first time. I liked it a lot. Very raw and real, and a glimpse into the more 'desperate' classes of our society.Has anyone seen this, and what did you think?
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I've ever seen. I thought the director(s) were laughing at the characters and smirking at how much more sophisticated they were. I saw the film at a festival and the responsible parties were there. Young yuppie types. Fashionably disshevelled. Making humorous comments about the subject director. I wonder if their next feature is "Welfare Moms?"
Hands on a Hard Body: the real stuff. Not insulting or demeaning. You can feel good about laughing at this one.
A month ago I would not have agreed with you -- but today I think that this has validity if you see Todd Solondz's "Storytelling.""Storytelling" has a section called "Nonfiction" which revolves are creating a documentary about a well-meaning buffoon named Scooby Livingston. Scooby thinks they take him seriously, but he ends up looking like a joke and finds that out at the end of the film.
Why this is so pertinent to "American Movie" is that Mike Schank has a small role as the documentary's cameraman. A jab back at the "American Movie" creators? Likely. On the other hand, Schank wouldn't be in this movie -- or known at all -- if it wasn't for "American Movie."
Doug Schneider
latest, but "Happiness" is a classic. Great performances, brilliant handling of perhaps the most difficult subject. Now, for cruelty that is intended, see "The Dinner Game." An extremely funny French film with a bite that draws arterial blood.
Excellent movie, but I really felt like a jerk watching it. A little too voyeuristic. I think the main guy opened up because he thought the audience would like to watch him achieve his dream of directing a blockbuster movie . . but meanwhile we're laughing and crying at his pathetic life.My favorite part is when his friend is describing the time he went to the hospital due to a drug overdose, and the hospital staff measured his brain as flatline . . and so he decided to eat the last of his acid right there in the hospital. Too funny.
Anyway . . if you liked this, you'll have to rent Hands on a Hard Body - about an annual contest in East Texas where the last contestant to maintain physical contact with a Nissan hardbody truck wins . . . after about 90 hours of lunacy.
Other good ones are any of the Errol Morris documentaries. Morris interviews people through teleprompters - so the interviewee is talking directly at the image of Morris projected on the teleprompter. He also lets them talk for minutes at a time. This results in interviews where the interviewee talks directly at you for minutes on end. The effect is really dramatic and a little spooky - and results in some of the most candid revelations you'll ever see on tv.
And of course if watching odd people in their natural habitat is your thing, you can't beat Zwigoff's Crumb.
Watched it two times in a row, and I never do that. Watched it a third time with the narration tracks.
It's so real, I love the characters. It's heartbreaking and funny at the same time.
Great documentary is far harder to make than any Hollywood blockbuster.
Dan C
And you gotta like Mike Schank.
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