American Movie . Nashville Scene . But there's something about its invocation of grand archetypes that fits this unpretentious documentary to a tee.
Success guarantees access to the beautiful people and an entourage of yes-men.
And there are no height or weight restrictions. If Kevin Smith can become a star behind the camera, so can every cosmetically challenged kid writing bitter screenplays while everyone else is at the prom. But Mark Borchardt, the protagonist of American Movie , is not most men. His story is inspiring, in a twisted way, because he has nothing but his art to give, and he persists in his efforts to give it despite continuous, overwhelming evidence that nobody wants it. Or doesn't work on it, as it turns out.