#TIM HEIDECKER FOR DA MOVIE#
#TIM HEIDECKER FOR DA FULL#
#TIM HEIDECKER FOR DA TRIAL#
#TIM HEIDECKER FOR DA TV#

This seems to be the common aim of so many of these fly-on-the-bus campaign trail docs: they renew our faith in the necessity and nobility of politics. Even when the candidates fail, or are just straight-up bad, that conception of politics itself is always restored.

Politics is necessary-and, sometimes, necessarily evil.

If this was on VOD for $6.99 or whatever and you and your Adult Swim-loving buddies were high as hell, then you’d enjoy it.It’s a refrain repeated on the politics-and-pop culture podcast Michael And Us, in which two left-leaning, irony-numbed Canadian men (co-hosts Will Sloan and Luke Savage) muscle through an unruly canon of entertainments that pertain to what is broadly called “political life.” Many of these alleged entertainments ( Running With Beto, Race For The White House, Journeys With George) document the campaign trail in America, where supposedly decent, optimistic people roll up their shirtsleeves, board a coach liner, and crisscross the nation, bravely sustaining themselves on gas station sandwiches and continental breakfasts, suffering in the service of the thing we call Politics.Īcross candidates, party lines, and ideologies, the theses of such docs is the same: doing politics is hard and noble, and those who do politics are animated by a selfless, high-minded desire to mend fences, unify the nation, and make the world a better place.

#TIM HEIDECKER FOR DA FULL#

The real question is, are you willing to pay the full price to see it? Personally, I think this is a rental, but also a good rental. It’s a self-referential expansion of everything Heidecker has produced for Williams Street thus far and if you are a fan of that, then this is for you. If you don’t get his sense of humor by now, from his hit-or-miss ad-libbing and vigorous, incompetent, and dim-witted persona then GTFO. Admittingly, I'm 50-50 on Heidecker’s solo works, but as long as you fully understand the context of the events prior to this film, then you’re bound to have a great time.

#TIM HEIDECKER FOR DA TRIAL#

I totally forgot he did that fake trial that the internet had a field day with. I laughed and chuckled all the way through and did a bit of homework to remind myself that this is just the continuation of a bit that I forgot existed. Throughout the film you have references and cutaways to his previous works, such as On Cinema and Decker, with appearances from his colleagues, a major one being his On Cinema co-host Gregg Turkington in character as himself who has a hilarious running gag on hats.Īny other film critics unfamiliar with his work are just going to dogpile on this, but as a proud dumbass who grew up watching some On Cinema on Adult Swim’s YouTube channel, several episodes of Decker, and pieces of that trial… I enjoyed this. Since Heidecker has become a bigger name now after appearing in high-profile projects, such as Ant Man & the Wasp and Us, they allowed this to go to theaters.

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This is a vanity project that could’ve aired on TV or gone straight to YouTube like the trial. This is for the demographic who watched nothing but Tim Heidecker stuff on Adult Swim, but now it’s on a big screen. I don’t know how many On Cinema fans there are in this world, but believe me when I say that this is specifically for you. Yes, this is all fictional, but I'm stupid when it comes to mockumentaries as surreal as this one and I end up wondering, “Is this real?” They’re all performers but the illusion is alluring.

#TIM HEIDECKER FOR DA MOVIE#

It’s a complete mockumentary, but at the same time it feels so authentic, which makes a lot of the movie really funny. While you’re thinking he’s screwing around with real people, it's actually just a bunch of actors.

That aspect is applied here, where Heidecker campaigns all around San Bernardino. Just watch the first 10 minutes, or skim through his trial bit, and despite the absurdity of the situation, you would think the trial was real based on the appearances of people who are just so grounded in their performance/commitment to the bit without breaking face. He’d be the most recognizable face amongst many actors who you wouldn’t even think were actors. If there’s one thing that I love about Heidecker’s solo stuff, it’s that you can never tell if what he’s doing is real or not.

Tim heidecker for da