Should you watch American Movie?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
American Movie
Documentary · 1999
American Movie documents the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.
The sides of American Movie
- A Wisconsin man determined to make his own movies
- His friend Mike and his elderly uncle Bill
- A short horror film called Coven
American Movie is good for you if…
- you like spending time with a real dreamer who won't give up.
- you like laughing with people who are very much themselves.
- you want the real, messy side of making a film with no money.
American Movie is bad for you if…
- you feel uneasy laughing at a real man's struggles.
- you can't take watching drinking, debt and family arguments.
About: ambition · obsession · the American dream · friendship
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