Giuseppe Makes A Movie

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With almost no money, a handwritten script, an out of date video camera, and an untrained acting ensemble comprised of neighbors and homeless friends, Giuseppe Andrews makes movies in the California trailer park where he grew up, with his father standing in as producer. Although the former child actor stared in Blockbuster movies including INDEPENDENCE DAY and DETROIT ROCK CITY, Giuseppe is far more inspired by the outsider art films of Bunuel, Cassavetes and Fassbinder. Obsessed with the edges of society, dirty language spoken as poems and occasional nudity, Giuseppe's films may resemble the underground worlds of Harmony Korine, John Waters and Tod Browning. His films frequently feature alcohol abuse, drug use, dollar store costumes and perverted poetry but are full of heart and creativity. GIUSEPPE MAKES A MOVIE follows the self-taught auteur filmmaker as he sets out to make a feature film in only two days.

Skype Q&A with the filmmaker following the screening!

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Hot Docs 2014
Los Angles Film Festival 2014
Rooftop Film Summer Series 2014

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Adam Rifkin is a Writer/Director/Producer/Actor whose eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult classics to dark and gritty urban dramas. Most recently Rifkin wrote, directed, produced and starred in REALITY SHOW, a 2013 darkly satirical film about the world of reality television.