A filmmaker films a couple's breakup he caused. Meta? Messy? Yes.
Filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to a private high school where he writes a script about a real couple and the student who comes between them.
Direction
Hoback weaponizes his own presence—director as puppet master.
Writing
Scripted scenes bleed into documentary; you can't tell where.
Director
Cullen Hoback
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hoback returned to the school years later; some students didn't realize they'd been in a movie until they saw it.
Pre-dates the 'staged documentary' boom by years—think Nathan Fielder but sincere and therefore way more sinister.
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