10/6/10

Gawker.TV features my "I Need Laughs" documentary

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"I Need Laughs," the documentary I made about performing comedy in NYC, is featured at Gawker.TV today.

Filmed in a conspiratorial style, with low contrast, shrouded profiles, and the documentarian's face either obscured by darkness or cut off altogether in many of his solo confessional scenes, I Need Laughs blurs the line of demarcation separating performer and audience. Performance scenes shot from the backs of rooms, flanked by silhouetted audience members or from behind half-empty glasses of booze give the viewer a sense of being let in on a secret.


(Btw, R.G. Daniels once described it to me as the Serpico-ish version of Seinfeld's "Comedian." Sounds about right.)



The post also includes some kind words about this here blog too. Big thanks to Rebecca V. O'Neal for the nice writeup.

5 comments:

Joel said...

Hey Matt, I'm glad your doc is getting some publicity, I really enjoyed watching it and reading your blog.

I recently started a blog on stand-up comedy that is partly inspired by your work here, though definitely a different style Premise PUNCH Tag

Unknown said...

nice !! that is awesome . Should be a huge boost for the site!

Selena said...

Congratulations, Matt!

Molly Sahebjami said...

Nice! Funny and well-shot. PS - I like your hair short like that!

Abbi Crutchfield said...

Rad. I love this era in comedy.

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