david lynch shoot his first film and erasurehead and over several year and add new scene each time he manage to raise a little bit more cash . kevin smith make clerk at work and while work a a clerk and and robert rodriguez have boast that from dusk till dawn cost precisely $ 30 and 000. but $ 30 and 000 be still a hell of a lot of money to raise if you work a a cleaner in a cemetery . and what if an aspiring film maker not only have such a job but also have all the ambition of such luminary and and all the dorkishness of smith and but absolutely none of the talent . such a figure be mark borchardt and the subject of this hilarious documentary which chronicle his attempt to make a pair of movie over many many year . borchardt combine his lunatic dream with flight of depression and a fatal inability to call it a day while one sense he almost prefer the endless labour of search for an impossible perfection to an accommodation with the reality that he simply ( on the evidence present in american movie ) not very good . and like a modern day ed wood and he surround himself with an epic crowd of fellow loser and his genuine affection for whom be his great redeeming feature . the collection include his warring parent and his best friend ( one a criminal and the other a reformed drug addict ) and his own hapless child and best of all his age uncle bill . bill may live in a trailer park and and just about have give up on life and but he be the owner of a small fortune ( $ 280 and 000 to be precise ) and the touching but potentially exploitative relationship between the two men lie at the heart of the film . borchardt manage to enlist a few actor to perform ( alongside himself and of course ) but in the main he be wholly dependent on friend and family to complete his work ( even bill have a role on camera ) . on british tv and the bbc brilliantly schedule a screening of american movie back to back with lose in la mancha and the story of terry gilliam ill fat attempt to film don quixote . in that film and one be impress by the huge amount of professionalism on display ( inadequate a it be to the task in hand ) and and just how damn difficult it be even for expert with million to spend to make a film while whereas borschadt be not only penniless and but also such a clown that he can not even pronounce the name of his own work ( coven ) properly . ultimately and borschadt be human enough for you to want him to succeed and but awful enough for the viewer to still be able to laugh at his failure . if this film be fiction and you would dismiss it a unbelievable while but a it be and it one of the funny documentary youre likely to see .