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American: The Bill Hicks
Story (2009)
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Director:
Matt Harlock
Paul Thomas |
COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Biographical documentary |
NORWEGIAN
TITLE
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RUNNING
TIME
102 minutes |
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Producer:
Matt Harlock
Paul Thomas |
Cast includes:
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CHARACTER |
ACTOR/ACTRESS |
RATING |
Himself |
Bill Hicks (archive footage) |
Review
More than leading an
interesting life, Bill Hicks - one of the most significant American
comedians in recent times - was an interesting soul with an important
voice. This is what, after a somewhat slow start, Matt Harlock and Paul
Thomas' biomentary American: The Bill Hicks Story is able to
convey. The filmmakers use a combination of creative and agreeable
photo-animations and traditionally voiced interviews with Hicks' friends
and family to tell his story, and the film captures some of the
comedian's struggles, a little bit of his agenda, and a fair amount of
his sense of humour. Hicks is portrayed, as dead artists often are, as
something of a martyr, which is fitting enough, but the filmmakers make
the deadly sin for documentarians of not treating their subject material
with any form of criticism. This is a fan piece, and will work just as
that.
If the film inspired
you to check out more of Hicks' material, I think the filmmakers will
feel that they've done their jobs. In that case, I suggest Totally
Bill Hicks, which includes his last performance in England.
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