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UNITED STATES · 1979

Real Life

Albert Brooks
New Hollywood documentary filmmaking narcissism invasion of privacy American family dynamics media manipulation
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Synopsis

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".

Year1979
CountryUnited States
DirectorAlbert Brooks
MovementNew Hollywood
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