Maxwell Allen, Christopher Dennis, Jennifer Gerht
This feature-length documentary chronicles the lives of three mortal men and one woman who make their living working as superhero characters on Hollywood Boulevard. This deeply personal look into thei...( read more
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If you've ever been to LA in front of Mann's Chinese theater and the surrounding area you've probably run into these people. They dress up as famous comic/film characters and pose for pictures with tourists. They work for 'tips'.
If you're at all curious about what it takes to...( read more)
This documentary shows what you would expect the life of these people to be. While its semi interesting I wish they went more in depth with the individual people.
It's such a shame that films as charming, intimate, and honest as this are left to minor obscurity. Granted, "Confessions of a Superhero" has achieved a bit more notoriety than a lot of other documentaries out there, but I think a film like this is a minor masterpiece that anyone...( read more)
this is an exceptional documentary. its astounding that one film can hit on so many themes so well without feeling confused or incoherent. the film details super hero fandom, the grind of the film industry, human pain and suffering, anger, dillusion, the nature of publicity, sh...( read more)
A beautifully made, well-executed, occasionally heart-wrenching, oftentimes awkward story about a group of people you'd never give a second notice.
Well, they definitely deserve that second notice, and this documentary manages to coax out of an amazingly difficult and odd subjec...( read more)
Documentário sobre as pessoas que vivem se fantasiando de super-heróis no Hollywood Boulevard. Todos eles cheios de problemas na vida pessoal. Cara, dá uma tristeza ver isso. Mas eu gostei, é bem interessante.
So fucking sad... and yet so interesting as well. Great little documentary.
A rather boring documentary about people who panhandle by dressing up as different superheroes. The guy who dresses as Superman is their de facto leader, and may be the craziest of the bunch. It follows these people in their daily routines, their interactions with the tourists in...( read more)
Superman has rooms of Superman memorabilia, Batman used to be a hit man (or so he says), the Hulk was homeless, and Wonder Woman got married in Vegas after knowing to guy two weeks.
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