This movie is often cited as an example of a documentary that exploits its subject, but if you watch this and can only laugh at Mark Borchardt, that's on you. I'd hate to live in a world where his story isn't told.

This movie is hilarious and inspiring. It is absolutely untouchable. I can pop this DVD in at any time and enjoy this film as much as I did the first time I saw it. One of my favourite films of all time.

This movie plays so much better for me now than it did in 1999, when I just saw it as an uncomfortable, mocking portrayal of a couple of awkward stoners trying and sort-of-succeeding at making a movie. Watching it now, I realize how rich a character study it is, and how much viewers get to learn about the lives of these men, and what filmmaking means to them. It comes across as friendly and understanding rather than sneering, but it acknowledges that not everyone is cut out to make the Great American Movie.

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"I was called to the bathroom at the cemetery to take care of something. I walked in the bathroom, and in the middle toilet right there... somebody didn't shit in the toilet, somebody shat on the toilet. They shat on the wall, they shat on the floor. I had to clean it up, man, but before that, for about 10 to 15 seconds man, I just stared at somebody's shit, man. To be totally honest with you, man, it was a really, really profound moment. Cuz I was thinkin', "I'm 30 years old, and in about 10 seconds I gotta start cleaning up somebody's shit, man.""

... guys... this is a documentary....

Everyone knows a Mark. Everyone needs a Mike.

An ode to the beautiful, boneheaded delusions of a terrible filmmaker and terrible person, a great inspiration and cautionary tale.

If you enjoy the art of indie film-making,
you 
will 
love 
this 
movie.

Check it out, or else I’ll make you clean the cemetery bathrooms, again.

Would make for an excellent double bill with Burden of Dreams. Every scene with Bill made me pretty damn sad. What a wonderful support system of friends Mark had/hopefully still has, though. Everyone should have a friend like Mike.

This reminded me that I need to refill my Prozac prescription.

Mike Schank makes this movie. He is my spirit animal.

This is a sad doc about creative ambition, the limits of ambition and the American promise. Mark is a real human whose full dimensions are captured here. Mike is loveable and funny despite his circumstances which are mostly unspoken except for one scene in the editing room that confirms things we had already suspected.

I finished this and immediately hoped these folks were doing well. A wonderful film for aspiring filmmakers. Stuck with me long after finishing.

endearing

A deeply, deeply sad film halfheartedly masquerading as a comedy. It's steadily on track to become an all-time favorite.