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When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they accidentally created one of the world's first 'viral' pop-culture sensations.When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they accidentally created one of the world's first 'viral' pop-culture sensations.When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they accidentally created one of the world's first 'viral' pop-culture sensations.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Eddie Lee Sausage
- Self
- (as Eddie, 'Eddie Lee Sausage')
Mitch Deprey
- Mitchell D
- (as Mitch, 'Mitchell D')
Robert Mothersbaugh
- Self - DEVO
- (as Bob Mothersbaugh)
Henry S. Rosenthal
- Self - Film Producer
- (as Henry Rosenthal, Henry S. Rosenthal)
Mark Gunderson
- Self - Radio Host - The Sound of Plaid
- (as Trademark G, Mark Gunderson aka Trademark G)
Christy Brand
- Self
- (as Frillypants, Christy Brand aka Frillypants)
Doug Levy
- Self - Obsessive Fan
- (as Doug Levy, Douglas Levy)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst feature to be made and released from the South Australian Film Corporation's FilmLab initiative.
- Crazy creditsArchival Material "Bale Out! Christian Bale Remix! Acoustic Version" by EWKUTB
- ConnectionsFeatures Shut Yer Dirty Little Mouth (2001)
- SoundtracksToo Drunk To Dream
Written by S. Merritt
Performed by The Magnetic Fields
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd
© Gay and Loud Music / Notting Hill Music Ltd.
Administered by Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd
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Ultimately, A Rationalization
In the end, this movie felt like an excuse to milk the tapes for a little more fame and/or money.
The first 2/3rds nicely chronicle how the whole phenomenon took place. And it truly is fascinating. You get a sense of how strange, serendipitous and organic it must have been to have a personal project turn into a meme.
But the key word is "organic". Other people drove the Pete and Ray story. The partners, correctly, said "go ahead" since, in effect, it wasn't really theirs to control.
It's when they take control that movie inadvertently reveals that, rather than a sweet, hapless pair that fell into something, they've staked their identities on this one thing and they've become kind of self-important assholes.
When Eddie Lee made proclamations about "art" my first thought was - "Really? What other art have you created? Because an artist normally creates more than one piece of art and all you did was tape some guys screaming at each other. Other people picked it up and turned it into something. Duping tapes and giving them to people...well...that's not really art." After that, the pair goes on a quest to do the one thing that art should never do - explain itself. Tracking down Ray, the roommate, felt like a stunt. It was a fishing trip to solve the riddle of whether Pete and Ray were lovers. That's dull and pointless.
Art, imho, allows people to project themselves into and onto what they see. These two, Eddie in particular, seem to want to prove something that doesn't need to be proved. Wrapping up the film with the Pete and Ray dancing sucks everything that's interesting about the relationship out of it.
The first 2/3rds nicely chronicle how the whole phenomenon took place. And it truly is fascinating. You get a sense of how strange, serendipitous and organic it must have been to have a personal project turn into a meme.
But the key word is "organic". Other people drove the Pete and Ray story. The partners, correctly, said "go ahead" since, in effect, it wasn't really theirs to control.
It's when they take control that movie inadvertently reveals that, rather than a sweet, hapless pair that fell into something, they've staked their identities on this one thing and they've become kind of self-important assholes.
When Eddie Lee made proclamations about "art" my first thought was - "Really? What other art have you created? Because an artist normally creates more than one piece of art and all you did was tape some guys screaming at each other. Other people picked it up and turned it into something. Duping tapes and giving them to people...well...that's not really art." After that, the pair goes on a quest to do the one thing that art should never do - explain itself. Tracking down Ray, the roommate, felt like a stunt. It was a fishing trip to solve the riddle of whether Pete and Ray were lovers. That's dull and pointless.
Art, imho, allows people to project themselves into and onto what they see. These two, Eddie in particular, seem to want to prove something that doesn't need to be proved. Wrapping up the film with the Pete and Ray dancing sucks everything that's interesting about the relationship out of it.
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- paul_d_day
- Mar 30, 2012
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Shut Up Little Man!
- Filming locations
- The Castro District, San Francisco, California, USA(Multiple exterior shots.)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $23,901
- Gross worldwide
- $23,901
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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