Critic Reviews

• John Anderson, Variety

  It is a profoundly indulgent work -- what three-hour filmed memoir wouldn't be? -- but the memory of Auder's memory will linger on for the handful of resilient experimental-film fans who see it.

• Nathan Lee, New York Times

  Michel Auder has been making videos longer than almost anyone, and that alone makes the work of this underappreciated artist and filmmaker worth attending to.

• J. Hoberman, Village Voice

  Auder's life is more interesting than his art.

• John Hartl, Seattle Times

  Essentially a collection of home movies, it's almost a dictionary definition of "self-indulgent," filled with famous faces, naked people and what certain celebrities mean to Auder.

• Matthew Nestel, Boxoffice Magazine

  A pixilated portrait of a life lived and captured unlike any other.

• Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru

  Feels somewhat disjointed, meandering, seemingly random and chaotic, but filled with fleeting moments of coherence, wonder and awe, much like life itself.

• Bill Weber, Slant Magazine

  Suggests that either video artist Michel Auder culled the wrong footage from a lifetime of compulsive camera-wielding for this "fictional autobiography," or was saddled by fate or egoism with an inapt subject.

• Bill White, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

  In a rare moment of personal illumination, he admits that "sometimes there are artists who are just no good." If nothing else, The Feature proves this statement.

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