Popatopolis (2009)

Directed by

Clay Westervelt

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about B-movie director Jim Wynorski as he makes a low-budget horror film. It includes interviews with Wynorski and his colleagues about his career.

behind-the-scenesinformativeaffectionatelightheartedself-reflectivefast-pacedanecdotalwry

What happens

Popatopolis is a 2009 documentary film directed by Clay Westervelt about the making of Jim Wynorski's 2005 soft-core horror film, The Witches of Breastwick. The film's title is a reference to "Tom Popatopolous", one of Wynorski's director pseudonyms. The film serves as a partial biography, with clips from many of his previous films, and includes interviews with Wynorski himself, as well as his contemporaries, cast and crew. The documentary features B-Movie and film personalities like Roger Corman, Andy Sidaris, Julie Strain, Julie K. Smith and Stormy Daniels. After the release of Popatopolis Wynorski expressed: "A director spent five years making this documentary about me. It was very flattering during the production period, but I was a bit worried how it might turn out. In the end, I found it very funny – even if it does take an occasional stab at me". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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