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Article: 'Song Sung Blue' deserves; to stand on its own merits
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2008
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A comparison between "Song Sung Blue" and "American Movie" is as
unfair to both of them as it is inevitable.
Both are documentaries, set in Milwaukee about working-class
dreamers who persevere against long odds.
And both won high-profile awards in Park City, Utah, though
almost a decade apart.
"American Movie," about a local filmmaker trying to make a horror
film, was co-directed by Milwaukee filmmaker Chris Smith; his new
film "The Pool" is in theaters. "American Movie" won the grand jury
prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999. "Song Sung Blue," by
Philadelphia director Greg Kohs, won the grand jury and audience
awards at the Slamdance Film Festival this year.
But the similarities stop ...