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One million dollars. One ounce of talent.

In
today's reality-TV-obsessed culture, we love watching wannabe stars fall
on their collective faces almost as much as they crave these showcases
for their shortcomings.
The
film industry is not immune. They have their own television series in
which aspiring directors (contest winners) are given a modest budget to
make their first film in exchange for being documented by a video crew
who will turn the inevitably heightened on-set drama and hilarity into
a reality-TV show.
As
an incentive to purchase the DVD of most any film, special features are
offered, such as behind-the-scenes featurettes. These are usually just
puff pieces to inflate the ego of the director beyond their already late-'70s-Elvis-size
proportions, or to provide a mutual high-fiving society for the actors.
Our
story is one such featurette for a movie created by one of these contest
winners. What became of the actual film "Redlight" he was directing
is a topic for another discussion. Apparently he blew the entire budget
on "entertainment expenses" the first week and was forced to
make compromises beyond his nonexistent abilities. The lengths he went
to in disguising this fact from the reality-TV crew (the producers' on-set
police/babysitters) were both psychologically disturbing and indicative
of his complete lack of knowledge of film (or video in his case). Ultimately
the creators removed their names from the finished product as damage control
for future opportunities.
Fortunately,
the documentary crew came to the rescue with some stunning and insightful
(and hopefully legally-admissible) footage of these events, which we now
present for your enjoyment.

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