I guess some people think this is exploitative, but it and the people in it are so inspiring to me. I love Mark Borchardt’s obsession with film; how he talks excitedly about shooting on 16mm black-and-white reversal stock and then later spends months stuck at a flatbed, cutting his direct-market thriller together. Watching this at a time when everyone has an HD camera and edit suite in their pocket, it’s amazing to watch a group of people who probably have no formal training actually shooting, tracking, and cutting their own movie together. Using a camcorder to make a cheapo SOV version of Coven or Northwestern would’ve been copping out — they wouldn’t be movies.

I love every single person in…

guys. Guys. GUYS. I've found something you're all gonna love. You need to watch it ASAP.

This movie was basically The Disaster Artist before The Disaster Artist. The film follows a cast of wacky characters who are all involved in the making of one lackluster movie, directed by Mark Borchardt, who had dreamed to do this for his whole life. It's set in Milwaukee (the land of RedLetterMedia), and throughout the course of the film we watch as Mark attempts to finally finish the movie he's been haphazardly trying to make for 3 whole years. The only difference between this and The Disaster Artist is that none of these people are actors. This movie isn't a re-enactment or a fiction.…

For anyone who ever wanted to make a film or ever left a dream behind

Making movies is hard work.

Obvious statement, right? Well, yeah, but it really can't be stressed enough.

Every project has its unique set of challenges, be it a multi-million dollar big studio production or a little passion project shot with your buddies on the weekend with a camera you got from the local pawn shop and whatever money you've saved from mowing lawns last summer. The maddening amount of organization one has to do. The scriptwriting (and re-writing). The storyboarding. The scheduling, location scouting and casting. That's not even mentioning getting the shots in a certain number of takes and the hours of editing afterward.…

In some situations the difference between obsession and ambition can be something as simple as achieving your objective. That was the main thought I had while watching American Movie. The lead goes through a long, troubled and a laborous journey into making a film and I couldn't help, but wonder if this is all worth it? Hell a person in the film says that taking two years to make a forty minute movie, which might not even get finished is pure insanity. That aspect made the doc well worthwhile when it comes to depth and intrigue, but it's a relatively entertaining ride also. The range of people in the documentary are so animated and wild, that the whole thing feels…