As you live your day to day life, chances are you say to yourself over and over "Why can't so-and-so get what they deserve and most importantly, why can't I BE there when they get it?" Well, Brian Smith and Tony Montana are here to make your day with "Overnight," the doc they shot over a 3-year time span, chronicling their horrendous ride alongside Troy Duffy, the man who cursed us with the derivative and pointless "Boondock Saints." To say Duffy is an unlikable person is a tremendous understatement, but, a**hole or not, "Overnight" shares an important message that applies to all of us, whether we find ourselves in a pi**ing match with Harvey Weinstein or not: you just don't crap where you live.
That Duffy had no idea of Weinstein's pull or cache in the business is all the proof you need that he's borderline retarded. But "Overnight" wastes no chance to show you, in vivid detail, what a boring, arrogant smug POS he is, to boot. And yes, Smith and Montana obviously have an agenda here. As you watch the film, it's obvious why they want to pay him back. That might really sway my opinion under other circumstances, but who can really blame them in this case?
As a doc, "Overnight" is competently made. It won't blow your doors off with any real insights, innovative camera work or notable framing devices, but it's ability to get Duffy on camera, blowing his stack at film students, executives, agents, band members, and friends (ha ha) for no apparent reason other than to flex his own sagging muscle, is almost worth the price of admission. It's akin to getting your worst enemy on film doing all the evil stuff they normally do, only now you can prove it, and the gratification shines through.
The ending is priceless, the quote by Goldman is wonderful, and the freeze-frame of the dive shot...perfect.
That Duffy had no idea of Weinstein's pull or cache in the business is all the proof you need that he's borderline retarded. But "Overnight" wastes no chance to show you, in vivid detail, what a boring, arrogant smug POS he is, to boot. And yes, Smith and Montana obviously have an agenda here. As you watch the film, it's obvious why they want to pay him back. That might really sway my opinion under other circumstances, but who can really blame them in this case?
As a doc, "Overnight" is competently made. It won't blow your doors off with any real insights, innovative camera work or notable framing devices, but it's ability to get Duffy on camera, blowing his stack at film students, executives, agents, band members, and friends (ha ha) for no apparent reason other than to flex his own sagging muscle, is almost worth the price of admission. It's akin to getting your worst enemy on film doing all the evil stuff they normally do, only now you can prove it, and the gratification shines through.
The ending is priceless, the quote by Goldman is wonderful, and the freeze-frame of the dive shot...perfect.