“Overnight” - for anyone interested in pursuing a feature film career, I can’t recommend this documentary enough. It’s the rise and fall of Troy Duffy, a bartender plucked from obscurity by Harvey Weinstein who sold his first script at the age of 25 for $300K; to direct a movie on a budget of $15M with final cut. It turns out he’s a megalomaniac, and ends up destroying everything that was handed to him on a silver platter (though he does get to make the movie eventually). You can watch the movie on Netflix Watch Instantly, or youtube (follow the above video).
I also ended up watching the Boondock Saints (it’s better if you see the doc first); which was “by turns, hilariously awful and just plain unhilariously awful.” It sort of reminds me of the movie ideas I came up with in high school; back when everyone was copying Tarantino. Years later, you look back at those ideas and think “there’s no story here, it’s just a bunch of outlandish characters, swearing and fight scenes.” The movie is terrible; but it’s watchable and I hate to say it - sort of memorable. I can see how it has a cult following; but you have to be a retard to think there’s any deep meaning in that movie. It’s seriously the work of an ambitious high school student. Anyway, both movies make for a pretty great double feature. I have no plans to see Boondocks Saints 2.
