David Holzman's Diary
Summary:
Improvisational filmmaker Jim McBride knew enough of the "cinema verite" genre to poke fun at it in David Holzman's Diary. L.M. "Kit" Carson plays Holzman, who tries to put all of his life experiences on celluloid. His insistence upon poking his camera where it isn't wanted results only in irritation, alienation, and a few bloody noses. As Holzman's life (and his film) becomes h... Full Summary >>
Cast:
L.M. Kit Carson - (David Holzman)
Bob Lesser - (Max, Penny's agent)
Jack Baran - (Cop)
Lorenzo Mans - (Pepe)
Eileen Dietz - (Penny Wohl)
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Review:
In his genuinely independent film shot on weekends with borrowed equipment, news-cameraman-turned-film director Jim McBride interrogated Jean-Luc Godard's claim that film is truth at 24 frames per second. A mock-documentary that mordantly sends up the notion of the 1960s Direct Cinema movement that a camera can record reality without interfer... Continue >>
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