Recently I re watched a documentary called Confessions of a Superhero, basically it was the story of four somewhat damaged individuals who hoped they would be discovered by some movie producer by dressing up as a movie characters and taking photos with tourists in Hollywood.
I was wondering what happened to those people and while surfing the net I discovered two of them were featured in another documentary called The Reinactors, I really wanted to see this movie and hopefully discover what happened to them, I was slightly disappointed to discover that this film was shot around the same time as Confessions of a Superhero so there is no real revelations as to what happened to them ( however an IMDB search shows that they haven't been discovered by Hollywood - yet ).
The Reinactors is less sympathetic toward it's subjects than Confessions of a Superhero and seems to be lacking in narrative at times as well, I guess it's not a bad movie but it is disappointing compared to Confessions of a Superhero, it doesn't mock it's subjects as much as Trekkies does but it does infer that it's cast of characters are a bunch of losers.
Of the two movies that basically cover the same subject Confessions of a Superhero is the better of the two but The Reinactors is worth a look as well, I'd like to see a where are they now type follow up to these movies, hopefully they discovered that happiness can found without money and fame.
