Cinemania (2003)
Is this a straight documentary, or is it a coded warning to all aspiring cinephiles? Maybe a little bit of both. There's an awful lot of surreptitious pointing-and-laughing going on here, I think, and I can't shake the feeling that this would have been better off as a 45-minute piece on HBO's "America Undercover" or something. But to paraphrase Rilo Kiley, when it's on it's really fuckin' on. And the fascinating obsessiveness of the participants often results in pure gold whether or not the filmmakers think they're fools.
Grade: B-
Is this a straight documentary, or is it a coded warning to all aspiring cinephiles? Maybe a little bit of both. There's an awful lot of surreptitious pointing-and-laughing going on here, I think, and I can't shake the feeling that this would have been better off as a 45-minute piece on HBO's "America Undercover" or something. But to paraphrase Rilo Kiley, when it's on it's really fuckin' on. And the fascinating obsessiveness of the participants often results in pure gold whether or not the filmmakers think they're fools.
Grade: B-
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