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  1. Jan 21, 2000 · “American Movie” is a very funny, sometimes very sad documentary directed by Chris Smith and produced by Sarah Price, about Mark’s life, his friends, his family, his films and his dreams.

  2. This prismatic, subtly compounded truth reveals the plasticity of documentary performance. In American Movie, Smith and his collaborators (including Borchardt) took these layers of nonfiction performance and moulded them into the shape of a broad comedy.

  3. Apr 29, 2016 · American Movie (USA, 107 min.; 1999) Dir. Chris Smith Programme: Special Presentations (Cinema Eye Legacy Award Screening) Greek tragedies were fueled by flaws, with self-delusion, hubris and denial of the underlying causes for the downfall of a protagonist.

  4. With American Movie, director Chris Smith finds the heart of cinema in the unlikely environs of Milwaukee. Full Review | Sep 1, 2009

  5. Oct 22, 2022 · The hit of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, AMERICAN MOVIE is the hilarious and intense story of one man's obsession to make movies. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is a long way from Hollywood, but Mark Borchardt has a dream.

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  6. Now 25 years since it originally came out, the American Movie 4K release gives people a new reason to revisit Borchardt’s equally inspirational, hilarious, and sad journey.

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  8. In this cult-favorite documentary, Mark Borchardt, an aspiring filmmaker from a working-class Wisconsin background, is set on finishing his low-budget horror movie, despite a barrage of...

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