Being Michael Madsen

Michael Mongillo’s mockumentary takes us into an alternative world, where Michael Madsen is an A-list Hollywood star and a regular of tabloid headlines. Tired of being hounded by Billy Dant, a particularly over-zealous paparazzo, Madsen decides to teach him a lesson by hiring a film crew to document every waking moment of Dant’s life. Driving the film’s humor are self-deprecatingly deadpan performances by Madsen and fellow B-listers David Carradine and Daryl Hannah – all playing themselves and giving the film an almost painfully believable irony. As the confrontations between Madsen, his film crew, and the tabloids escalate, we’re treated to a lively comedy that nevertheless has much to say about the manufacturing of Hollywood reputations.