You sit there cursing all the “stupid” people for slowing
down to look at the car wreck at the side of the road that has ground traffic
to a halt. And then you join them …
gawk, gawk and gawk; you join the gawker’s block to see how bad the wreck is
that has taken time out of your day and lengthened your commute.
On May 21, Virgil Films & Entertainment gives you the
golden opportunity to enjoy a “car wreck” of epic proportions with the release
of writer/director David Giancola’s behind-the-scenes footage for the 2007
sexploitation film, Illegal Aliens, which has been spun into the feature-length
documentary, Addicted to Fame.
All you have to know about both films is the name Anna
Nicole Smith. She was the “car wreck” of
a celebrity, famous for being famous, a Playmate of the Year — called “white
trash” (and more) — who had cases about her marriage to a man old enough to be
her grandfather go all the way to the United States Supreme Court (not once,
but twice) and then died of an “accidental” drug overdose on Feb. 8, 2007 at
just 39 years of age.
In retrospect it was easy to see the “Smith” car speeding
down the road, wandering in and out of traffic and then SMASH! What Addicted to Fame does so perfectly
is to capture the “driver” behind the wheel on the way to the wreck.
There are no heroes in this documentary, which exists only
because Gaincola knew exactly what he was dealing with in casting, for purely
exploitative purposes, Anna Nicole Smith in his sexploitation sci-fi comedy, Illegal
Aliens.
Because of the casting of this particular “celebrity with public
problems," the film could not obtain a completion bond (insurance), so he
crafted insurance of his own, which took the form of a second film crew
documenting the daily grind of making Illegal Aliens. What you end up with is, well, a car wreck …
so feel free to gawk (that’s what we do, right?).
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