Made in Reading AAUW-Reading Chapter presents

October 30, 2022 • R/C Reading Movies 11 & IMAX • 1:30pm

THE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO SWINDLING AND AMATEUR FILMMAKING

Filmmaker: Bence Veres 15:54 minutes Barry, Igor, and Butterscotch are three young amateur filmmakers with big dreams of becoming Hollywood directors. To gain recognition, the bumbling trio decide their next endeavor will be a short film about a jewelry store robbery. Meanwhile, two grifters, Larry and Terry, are tired of being small time criminals, so they plot to rob the local marijuana dispensary. When their actors drop out of production last minute, the filmmakers cross paths with Larry and Terry during their robbery, and the two crews join forces to make their dreams come true...

THE RETAILER

Filmmaker: Jared Haas 47:02 minutes Discovering his daily life is consumed by mentally draining obstacles, Jack Humanick decides to seek help from a renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Patricia Kreidel. Patricia becomes an immediate sympathizer to Jack’s everyday drama- the out of touch boss who Jack despises, the encounters with a cocky coworker gunning for Jack’s job, and an ill mother who’s high expectations add to his already heightened stress level. All of this compiles with the always intolerable customers he must satisfy to keep the store numbers high, and his job intact. After uncovering Jack’s problems in her first session with him, Dr. Kreidel begins to realize the picture Jack is painting for her may not be as abstract as initially thought, but more so a symbol of realism.”

THE STICKLET WEAVER

THE STICKLET WEAVER

Filmmaker: James Hollenbaugh 7:36 minutes Documentary Brent Brown is a self-taught artist with lifelong mental health challenges. Intuitive and deeply talented, in recent years he has started building complex, highly fanciful “puppets” constructed from dozens of cardboard elements with fully moveable joints. “The Sticklet Weaver” explores Brent’s process and celebrates his unique artistic journey.

INTERVIEW WITH A MODERN ARTIST

Filmmaker: Howard Donnell 3:11 minutes Casper Camtan is a classical visual artist who paints cats. After having a nervous breakdown, he decides it is time to reveal the truth about modern art with one inflammatory manifesto. The result is the cat’s meow.