He's the unlikely subject of a surprisingly affectionate documentary on filmmaking. Mark subsists delivering The Wall Street Journal and shoveling snow at the Valhalla Cemetery. Like a dairy-state Wagner, he's egotistical, nationalistic and financially irresponsible.
Life is kinda cool sometimes.
Mark is a rainmaker, a booster in the American grain dating back to tent revivals. He relentlessly persuades his small cast and crew that they can complete the film, all appearances to the contrary. He convinces his skeptical and frail Uncle Bill to invest in Coven . Bill is soon executive producer, sitting on a backyard set in Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses. Mark's crew are the same guys with whom he shot Super-8 slasher films such as More the Scarier I in junior high.