8.9.10: American Movie
Director Chris Smith made Mark Borchardt an indie star back in 1999 with American Movie, the not-so-classic tale of one man's hilarious and heartfelt obsession with filmmaking at any cost. A delight!
American Movie
(1999, dir. Chris Smith)
It takes a village to make a movie, but when that village is Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and not Hollywood, CA, the results are at times bizarre, comical and very American. With the help of his mother, his 82 year-old uncle, and a local cast of hilarious and lovable characters, filmmaker Mark Borchardt fights his way through internal and external roadblocks to achieve his goal—to make his movie, his way. 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.
Film courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Monday, August 9, 2010
7:30 pm
The Tribeca Cinemas bar will be open before and after the screening—stop in for a drink and mingle with other movie lovers.
