Giuseppe Makes a Movie

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Giuseppe Makes a Movie

2014

1h 25m

Documentary

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Giuseppe Andrews has made 30 independent movies at his mobile home and has two days to complete his latest feature.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

The movie is designed as a nonfiction gross-out comedy, and on those narrow terms it delivers.

Feb 2, 2015

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

Mr. Rifkin's own style is rough and ready, and efficient. We quickly grasp Mr. Andrews's casual appeal and how his films resemble community theater productions.

Jan 14, 2015

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Carson Lund

Slant Magazine

Adam Rifkin's documentary convincingly portrays the sense of community fostered by Giuseppe Andrews's crazed passion.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 12, 2015

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

The simple act of watching it is rewarding.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 3, 2021

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Leah Sydney

Showbiz 411

Adam Rifkin's poignant and hilarious documentary "Giuseppe Makes A Movie" follows the quixotic Guiseppe Andrews and his merry band of misfits as they try to make art with no resources but plenty of heart. Do not miss!

Aug 13, 2020

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space

Rifkin clearly understands the boundless drive and feverish creativity that fuels Andrews. Giuseppe Makes a Movie celebrates the redemptive essence and raw power of barebones filmmaking and the meaning it can bring to damaged lives.

Feb 2, 2016

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Movies give you a chance to experience other peoples perspectives. Roger Ebert called them empathy machines. I was constantly wondering about more than what is reveled about Giuseppe's life style. My somewhat negative impression at first started to turn around towards the end. I guess i'll have to see Garbanzo Gas before I determine if it is eccentric art or crazy people killing time. The movie reminds me of American Movie in many ways.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Giuseppe Makes A Movie is a poetic look inside the mind of an absolute genius in front of and behind the camera. To say Giuseppe Andrews is a master of the $1,000 dollar movie shot in two days would be a disservice to Mr. Andrews and the film community as a whole. An artist that doesn't subscribe to the concept of "No," Andrews is a shining beacon of hope in a vast crowd of self-entitled "would-be-filmmakers" bogging down the trenches of true independent spirit. Director Adam Rifkin managed an impossible feat by capturing Giuseppe's insane process yet managing to find the humanity amid the madness. This is an utterly captivating and heartfelt documentary. Giuseppe Makes A Movie is simply 82 minutes of lightning in a bottle. A must watch for any true cinephile.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Being a fan of Giuseppe Andrews, I bought this movie on Vudu. It's a fantastic look at the process of one of cinema's true visionaries. Giuseppe's voice is wonderfully captured by Adam Rifkin in this critically acclaimed documentary that takes us inside the process of a true genius. A must see for fans of true art.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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David Nordstrom

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Peggy Johnson

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Synopsis

Giuseppe Andrews has made 30 independent movies at his mobile home and has two days to complete his latest feature.

Director: Adam Rifkin
Producer: Mike Plante, Peggy Johnson
Screenwriter: Adam Rifkin, Mike Plante, David Nordstrom
Production Co: Blump International Films, Cinemad Presents
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Runtime: 1h 25m

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