Audience of One (film)

Audience of One is an awardwinning 2007 documentary directed by Michael Jacobs that was premiered onMarch 2007 at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

James Rocchi of Cinematical called the film a fascinating documentary unblinking but not inhuman, sympathetic but never afraid to ask questions, and described Richard Gazowsky, the films blustery yet relatable protagonist, as a natural showman, stating that while Its easy to see a sprinkling of Ed Woodstyle mania in Gazowsky...hes also in service of a higher idea. In the Austin AmericanStatesman, Chris Garcia agreed, describing Gazowsky as a sanguine if irresponsible Quixote who enlists our goodwill while also lauding director Michael Jacobs treatment of his subject as ceaselessly engaging, scrupulously nonjudgmental. The Boston Globes Wesley Morris likened Gazowskys struggle to that of other infamous cinematic iconoclasts, stating that as he Gazowsky seems to swell past Felliniesque portliness to Wellesian girth, he makes a comical and complex example of the conflict of religious devotion.Critic Ronnie Scheib of Variety praised the documentarys intimacy, the way that Jacobs sticks close to his subjects, eschewing disdainful distance from their cinematic pipe dreams and the Village Voices J. Hoberman noted that the film was a festival favorite throughout the US. ........

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