Danny Gold is a Lenny Bruce-style performance artist whose brilliance is only exceeded by his urge to self-destruct. Cad, shark, comic, addict, Danny Gold rockets and ricochets through Manhattan's seedy Lower East Side, leaving in his wake a mass of mutilated relationships and burnt bridges. Comedy...it's no laughing matter.
Acting
Mitler wrote, directed, and destroys himself—method chaos.
Writing
Dialogue that feels improvised but cuts like a blade.
Director
Matt Mitler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Matt Mitler allegedly lived in his car during post-production, method-bleeding into his character's chaos.
Released during the alt-comedy boom, it predates 'Crashing' and 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' by decades—Lenny Bruce's ghost in lo-fi 16mm.
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