Perhaps the most fascinating sub-genre is the "making of" disaster film. We have moved past Hearts of Darkness (about Apocalypse Now) to a more cynical place.
The ultimate expression of this might be Fyre Fraud (2019) vs. Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019) . Two competing docs about the same failed music festival dropped within weeks of each other. One had Billy McFarland’s cooperation; the other had the better memes. Neither helped the Bahamian workers get paid. Both proved that the story of the making of has become more valuable than the story itself.
The Rivalry. While there are hundreds of music docs, Supersonic zeroes in on the single most entertaining dynamic in rock history: the Gallagher brothers. It bypasses the later boring years to focus on the lightning-in-a-bottle rise of the 1990s. It is hilarious, loud, and deeply tragic. girlsdoporn 22 years old e478 30062018
The Nightmare. The holy grail. Francis Ford Coppola’s wife, Eleanor, shot behind-the-scenes footage of the disastrous making of Apocalypse Now. We see Martin Sheen having a heart attack, Marlon Brando refusing to learn his lines, and a typhoon destroying the set. It argues that sometimes, the documentary about the movie is better than the movie itself.
The rise of this genre is inextricably linked to technology: Perhaps the most fascinating sub-genre is the "making
The rise of the entertainment industry documentary is intrinsically tied to the "Streaming Wars." In 2019, Netflix released Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. It was a masterclass in timing. While Hulu released a competing documentary (Fyre Fraud) at the same time, Netflix’s version went viral because it focused on the aesthetics of the scam: the sunk luxury yachts, the wet cheese sandwiches, the sheer chaos of production.
This film set a template. Streamers realized they didn't need to pay $200 million for a blockbuster to get massive engagement. They could pay $5 million for a documentary exposing a blockbuster's collapse and get the same number of viewing hours. The ultimate expression of this might be Fyre
Consequently, we saw a deluge of content focusing on:
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