The Joy of Positivity: American Movie (1999)
I included documentaries in my book about movies about filmmaking in no small part so that it could include this
Filmmaker Mark Borchardt, the unforgettable subject of Chris Smith and Sarah Price’s 1999 breakout film American Movie, rivals Robert Evans for his propensity for poetry, whether he’s complaining, “That’s some corny dialogue that would make the pope weep,” or casually explaining that his version of Christianity happens to be half-Satanic.
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