Having made a number of short films myself, I have to say that I LOVE this movie. I caught it on Cinemax (or was it Showtime? who knows. . . ), trying to sleep, at around 5 AM about 4-5 years ago -- and I had to hold my eyes open to stay up for the end. The cameos were great, and the premise -- as one poster pointed out already -- reminds one of the Seinfeld episode where they try to create a show "about nothing." Basically, these two guys decide that they want to make a movie: "But we don't have a script!" "Doesn't matter. . . we need to talk to some producers." They use an agent friend to get a meeting with a producer, who wants them to read a two volume manuscript by a Polish concentration camp survivor to see if it would make a worthwhile movie. "But it's in Polish!"
Producer: Yeah, okay, just read it. Filmmaker1: but we don't speak polish! Prod: Yeah, whatever, just take a look at it and get back to me.
Filmmaker2: Umm, I don't think you understand. . . We neither SPEAK nor READ Polish!!!
So that fails; they decide that they need stars. And it just gets funnier and funnier -- if you ask me. I say check it out, it's not that long, and the ending is a pi***r. Trust me, if you have ANY idea what it takes to get a movie made, you will get a kick outta this one. No, there's no "art," and the joke may be that they got the thing made at ALL, but I thought it was a HOOT.
Producer: Yeah, okay, just read it. Filmmaker1: but we don't speak polish! Prod: Yeah, whatever, just take a look at it and get back to me.
Filmmaker2: Umm, I don't think you understand. . . We neither SPEAK nor READ Polish!!!
So that fails; they decide that they need stars. And it just gets funnier and funnier -- if you ask me. I say check it out, it's not that long, and the ending is a pi***r. Trust me, if you have ANY idea what it takes to get a movie made, you will get a kick outta this one. No, there's no "art," and the joke may be that they got the thing made at ALL, but I thought it was a HOOT.