Last night my roommate invited me to come see a screening of a movie with her and it was actually quite cool! Turns out one of the guys that she sees every so often at the dog park when she walks Ice teaches film and so he invited her to see a screening of this movie called Thoth that he was showing to one of his classes. It's a short film documentary that actually won an Oscar in 2002 and the producer was there as well and she answered questions after the screening.
The film itself was interesting, it's about the life of this street performer who calls himself Thoth. He performed for a long time in San Francisco and then he moved to New York to live with his mother basically when he ran out of money. His performing is...well, to tell you the truth if I saw him on the street my first reaction would be "why doesn't he get a real job?" But it was an interesting story nonetheless. I think after seeing the documentary I have a little bit more sympathy for his plight...but at the same time, his performance art is really freaking weird.
If you are interested in watching the whole film, you can find it on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGVGwpxg7yA
On the other hand, if you just want a glimpse into what his performing is like, you can watch a clip of him auditioning for Americas Got Talent in 2007:
So like I said, very strange fellow, but it was cool to hear the producer talk about what it was like creating the movie. And it did win an Oscar, so there you go.
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