Episode 38: Special guest director Joey Izzo joins us to deep dive on AMERICAN MOVIE (1999), the intimate and endearing documentary by Chris Smith that follows suburban Milwaukie dreamer Mark Borchardt – a kinetically passionate hesher/cinephile who exhausts all of his family, friends and resources to finish his singular micro-budgeted film projects.

 

WATCH Joey Izzo's Sundance selected short film YOU'VE NEVER BEEN COMPLETELY HONEST (2022): https://vimeo.com/blog/post/youve-never-been-completely-honest-by-joey-izzo/

 

WATCH Chris Smith's AMERICAN JOB (1994): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w1FoHxjv0k