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Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: Pastor Parsley on July 24, 2003, 05:10:34 PM
Does anyone out there know the name of the mockumentary of the making of a low budget horror film.  I saw a trailer for it a couple years ago.  It had this skinny trailer trash guy and his not-so-bright sidekick who was making a 'documentary' of the making of his low-budget horror flick.  I want to find it, but don't know the name.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: MacGuffin on July 24, 2003, 05:22:42 PM
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It's not a 'mockumentary' though. It's a true doc. about those guys and the making of the horror film "Coven". Recommended.

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Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on July 24, 2003, 06:01:08 PM
When I first watched it, I thought it was a mockumentary for about 10 minutes.
Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: Pastor Parsley on July 25, 2003, 04:08:13 PM
Thanks for the help!
Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: bob saget 1956-2003 on July 26, 2003, 08:55:54 PM
I am in the Horror Story of Gene's Life.  In and Out of the dressing room his ties always were coated with the same residue of Show after show.  Could he stand it?  Know, he is dead.

Hats Off To The Gene
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Post by: gene rayburn 1917-1999 on July 26, 2003, 09:03:10 PM
Hmm.
I'm not so much dead.
As I am...alive.

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"Charles Nelson Reilly, where am I?"
"You are on the one way train to battyville on riding the coat tails of every two bit clay penguin who ever had the horns to blow a road-a-hoe"
"Pardon?"
"You heard me. Swardler"
Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: Sigur Rós on October 28, 2003, 12:04:10 PM
Quote from: bob saget 1956-2003bob saget 1956-2003

Hell no!!! Is this guy dead?
Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: Gamblour. on October 28, 2003, 02:24:23 PM
Quote from: Jesus Christ Bobby!
Quote from: bob saget 1956-2003bob saget 1956-2003

Hell no!!! Is this guy dead?

Nope, not by what I'm reading.
Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: MacGuffin on February 20, 2004, 11:11:37 AM
I'm not making this up:

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Synopsis:
Prize-winning Milwaukee independent filmmaker Dude Schmitz desperately needs money! After a failed interview with the real Britney Spears, Dude hatches up a scheme to cash in using Britney Spears impersonator, Robert Stephens as Angel Benton. Robert is lured with the promise of his meeting his idol and poses as the real thing on a trip across the country for a series of road-trip style interviews! Will Robert find out about Dude’s scheme? Will Dude get his interview? Will Robert meet Britney? Britney Baby, One More Time will answer all of these questions and seal your addiction to bubble-gum pop music!
Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: ono on February 20, 2004, 11:21:28 AM
I saw American Movie a couple weeks ago.  Didn't really like it too much.  Didn't really tell anyone who's into film anything they don't know, and just reiterated how hard it was.  The protagonist being kind of an idiot without any vision other than "wanting to make films" (especially horror films -- feh) was really rather depressing.  At least you can understand why he hasn't been much of a success.  I get why other people admire the film.  I just don't.  It doesn't help that his short film, Coven, is kind of a mess, though it does help it some that you got to see all the work that went into it.
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Post by: modage on February 20, 2004, 11:54:55 AM
yeah but didnt you think it was funny?  like REALITY TV, but in MOVIE FORM!?!?
Title: What is the name of the Horror mockumentary...
Post by: ono on February 20, 2004, 11:56:23 AM
Not particularly.  Just sad, and a bit pathetic.  Depressing, really.
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Post by: modage on February 20, 2004, 11:56:40 AM
"There's some corny dialogue that would make the pope weep."
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Post by: Pastor Parsley on March 05, 2004, 09:26:21 AM
Quote from: OnomatopoeiaI saw American Movie a couple weeks ago.  Didn't really like it too much.  Didn't really tell anyone who's into film anything they don't know, and just reiterated how hard it was.

I think you missed the point.  It's not meant to be a filmmaking tutorial.

Quote from: OnomatopoeiaThe protagonist being kind of an idiot without any vision other than "wanting to make films" (especially horror films -- feh) was really rather depressing.  It doesn't help that his short film, Coven, is kind of a mess, ...

You're not supposed to take it so seriously.  It's a comedy.  I thought that was pretty obvious.  Coven is not supposed to be good, and he's not supposed to have a vision or be a good filmmaker.  That's the point.
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Post by: jasper_window on March 05, 2004, 12:15:41 PM
Mark Borchardt has a listing on IMDB - "Special Thanks" for Storytelling.  I'd love to know how that came about.
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Post by: SoNowThen on March 05, 2004, 12:20:41 PM
Quote from: Pastor Parsley
Quote from: OnomatopoeiaThe protagonist being kind of an idiot without any vision other than "wanting to make films" (especially horror films -- feh) was really rather depressing.  It doesn't help that his short film, Coven, is kind of a mess, ...

You're not supposed to take it so seriously.  It's a comedy.  I thought that was pretty obvious.  Coven is not supposed to be good, and he's not supposed to have a vision or be a good filmmaker.  That's the point.

I personally thought Coven was much better than any student film I ever saw, and could hold its own among the few festival shorts I've seen.
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Post by: SHAFTR on April 02, 2004, 12:53:41 AM
Tonight, I met, shook hands and talked to Mark Borchardt & Mike Schank.

My life is complete.
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Post by: cine on April 02, 2004, 01:30:49 AM
Quote from: SHAFTRTonight, I met, shook hands and talked to Mark Borchardt & Mike Schank.

My life is complete.
Damnit, SHAFTR! You're like the poor man's mutinyco.
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Post by: Sleuth on April 03, 2004, 10:21:09 AM
So what?  I met the famous Jett Jackson the other day

He's really nice, like, in real life?

he's nice
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Post by: SHAFTR on April 03, 2004, 02:42:45 PM
Quote from: Slomb
He's really nice, like, in real life?


yes
Mike was confused though.