I've noticed scratch-offs and McDonald's have a prominent role in this film. Mark's description of paradise is lying on a beach in Cancun sipping a large McDonald's fountain soda.
Lived in Wisconsin for 15 years. Can confirm this is how most dudes from Wisconsin are. Also weird trivia I saw Mark Borchardt get randomly interviewed on the news once.
Perhaps the best example of cinema verite ever made this this country. No narration, little on-screen text. A little story within a large story. It's a masterpiece.
My favourite Rory song. A beautiful introduction leads into a wonderfully sad, lost love, song. Rory was a marvellous performer on stage. He always gave everything for the fans. Saw Gerry in London earlier this year and his band perform Rory’s songs with respect, grace and dignity. I want this song played at my funeral. Hopefully a few years yet as I would like to listen to Rory many more times.
There are so many great moments in this clip. I literally cry laughing at the line about being in a McDonald’s drive thru with scarecrows on your car 😂😂
American Documentary? Clearly you don’t own the DVD or blu-ray otherwise you would’ve found it in the deleted scenes section. Only posers don’t know the correct title of the film and don’t own a physical copy.
"Is that what you want? Sucking down peppermint Schnapps and calling Morocco at 2 in the morning?" ... my speech to my son every time he doesn't do his homework.
to anybody who might actually hear this pearl of wisdom treat your elders with respect not because they're gonna give you money but they genuinely have been where you have been before and can give you advice, all you have to do is listen the right way sometimes
"I swear to god i'll donate that money to the fuckin' whales" at least he wouldn't waste it on education. _spits at expensive degree that does nothing because society told me to have it_
Uncle Bill makes me so depressed. He comes across as such a broken soul. No dreams, no aspirations, no goals. He had more money than he knew what to do with. I think that's why he didn't want to share it. Letting the money go would be him admitting to himself that all that he had worked and saved for was meaningless. There wasn't the one big life fulfilling purchase to make at the end of the road that would have made it all worthwhile. At some point in his life Bill had a plan and a purpose for that pile of cash. At the end of this life he had neither, he just had the pile of paper. The purpose was gone, and he couldn't buy it back with money. I would love to know Bill's life story so I could have some closure here. I need to know how this happened to Bill because I'm terrified of it happening to me.
Bill was just old. He didn't want to become a movie producer or aspire to become anything or fulfill any dreams in his old age ... He just wanted peace and quiet like 99% of all elderly people. I think what made him so despondent was the death of his wife. From what I can remember watching this movie decades ago, that's what really broke him.
R.I.P. Mike 🔥🙌🏼
If you've never unsuccessfully tried to call a Moroccan hotel at two in the morning can you even call yourself a filmmaker? Been there, buddy.
I've noticed scratch-offs and McDonald's have a prominent role in this film. Mark's description of paradise is lying on a beach in Cancun sipping a large McDonald's fountain soda.
You know a movie is incredible when the deleted scenes are masterpieces in themselves.
i thought this was a scene from a tarantino movie.
Mark makes a lot of sense
Mark makes a lot of sense
Mark makes a lot of sense
Mark makes a lot of sense
Mark makes a lot of sense
Bk4L
Rip Mike. What a chiller.
Lived in Wisconsin for 15 years. Can confirm this is how most dudes from Wisconsin are. Also weird trivia I saw Mark Borchardt get randomly interviewed on the news once.
Perhaps the best example of cinema verite ever made this this country. No narration, little on-screen text. A little story within a large story. It's a masterpiece.
he kinda reminds me of asmongold lol
My favourite Rory song. A beautiful introduction leads into a wonderfully sad, lost love, song. Rory was a marvellous performer on stage. He always gave everything for the fans. Saw Gerry in London earlier this year and his band perform Rory’s songs with respect, grace and dignity. I want this song played at my funeral. Hopefully a few years yet as I would like to listen to Rory many more times.
he looks just like Marc Rebillet .
Plato, Socrates and Mark Borchardt
I will never stop being obsessed with this movie. These men make me proud to be from Wisconsin. 😂 Classic accents.
This documentary should be required viewing for every American.
There are so many great moments in this clip. I literally cry laughing at the line about being in a McDonald’s drive thru with scarecrows on your car 😂😂
I watched American Documentary a few days ago and was expecting this scene…sadly it was not in the movie. Anyone know where this scene is from?
Deleted scenes on the dvd
American Documentary? Clearly you don’t own the DVD or blu-ray otherwise you would’ve found it in the deleted scenes section. Only posers don’t know the correct title of the film and don’t own a physical copy.
5 bucks 😵💫
Anybody know what he's talking about?
"Is that what you want? Sucking down peppermint Schnapps and calling Morocco at 2 in the morning?" ... my speech to my son every time he doesn't do his homework.
"We've got every f-stop known to man in this film." This is one of the weirdest flexes I've ever heard but I love it.
there's gotta be meaning in this somewhere...
R.I.P. Mike 😔
Mcdonald's use to have pepsi?? 😮
Burger King
Okay very cool
How does that woman have a career after this lmao!😅
Wth is goin on.. exactly 💯
I feel him! Coca Cola forever! Never cared for Pepsi!
"Burger King used to sell Peosi, man--f**k that!" My sentiments exactly, Mark.
Genius.
I love the shit out of all of these very real people. RIP Mike
is this an extended scene? I only remember the bit about him describing Coven, not the stuff leading up to that.
I know he was drunk and all but Does any one know why he was calling Casablanca?
Shoutout to Edgar Wright
RIP Mike, enjoy the vatka in heaven
I think this was a deleted scene from the documentary, right? It seems funny to say that, haha!
I love Mike. RIP brother.
I like the one thing that mark says that raises a chuckle from Mike in this bit. RIP dude.
Mike Schank too beautiful for words.
The Buddha Mike Shank - a god amongst men.
to anybody who might actually hear this pearl of wisdom treat your elders with respect not because they're gonna give you money but they genuinely have been where you have been before and can give you advice, all you have to do is listen the right way sometimes
"I swear to god i'll donate that money to the fuckin' whales" at least he wouldn't waste it on education. _spits at expensive degree that does nothing because society told me to have it_
he was already going to give the money to him, what else was he gonna do stuff it in the poetry book or give it to his stuck up brother?
Best American movie
Uncle Bill makes me so depressed. He comes across as such a broken soul. No dreams, no aspirations, no goals. He had more money than he knew what to do with. I think that's why he didn't want to share it. Letting the money go would be him admitting to himself that all that he had worked and saved for was meaningless. There wasn't the one big life fulfilling purchase to make at the end of the road that would have made it all worthwhile. At some point in his life Bill had a plan and a purpose for that pile of cash. At the end of this life he had neither, he just had the pile of paper. The purpose was gone, and he couldn't buy it back with money. I would love to know Bill's life story so I could have some closure here. I need to know how this happened to Bill because I'm terrified of it happening to me.
Bill was just old. He didn't want to become a movie producer or aspire to become anything or fulfill any dreams in his old age ... He just wanted peace and quiet like 99% of all elderly people. I think what made him so despondent was the death of his wife. From what I can remember watching this movie decades ago, that's what really broke him.
"Do they smoke cigarettes in heaven? I don't think so. I don't think so..."
who's the pianist. MF rocking that part. 5/5