American Cannibal pushes beyond Fahrenheit/911 and Supersize Me to break new ground in documentary territory.
Rather than forcing situations and twisting facts to tell a story, filmmakers Perry Grebin & Michael Nigro spent two and a half years twisting real life itself, and the result is the story.
The filmmakers began American Cannibal in 2004 as a bold social experiment with reality. They set in motion real events that allowed them unlimited access to the results, pushing their cameras deep into the glitterdome of reality-TV production to emerge with an equally bold expos...
They watch as struggling writers earnestly pitch TV ideas, eventually selling out to the man behind the Paris Hilton sex tape. The bottom-of-the-barrel reality show that emerges is documented from pitch to auditions through train-wreck production. Along the way, the filmmakers interview noted producers, psychologists, network execs, celebrities and "D-lebrities," who offer candid insight and scathing judgements.
American Cannibal is a documentary as wild as the story behind it: a shocking, hilarious, bona fide portrait of our celebrity-driven culture and the appalling lengths we'll go to for entertainment.
With 25 orignal songs by DOUG GILLARD (former GbV axeman, Cobra Verde, and now on Tour with Richard Buckner).
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