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    The Windmill Movie

    2008     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 22min

    Richard P. Rogers (1943-2001) was a NYC baby boomer, born to privilege: a Harvard-educated WASP who became a first-rate independent filmmaker and a gifted film teacher. But he was also a tortured, neurotic soul who freely admitted to being jealous of Steven Spielberg and simultaneously ashamed of the impulse. Torn between narrow class loyalties and broader professional goals and political values, Rogers found the time to juggle multiple relationships with the skill of a world-class Lothario, but was unable to complete an autobiographical film he had worked on for 25 years. His former student Alexander Olch collages a trove of material, including extraordinary scenes of Rogers's mink-coated Gorgon-mom, and new fictional sequences with Wallace Shawn as Dick.

    THE WINDMILL MOVIE is a heady, fascinating brew that brings together one man's parentage, culture, education, and ambition -- letting the chips fall where they may.

    Directed byAlexander Olch
    Written byAlexander Olch
    CompanyThe Film DeskThe Film DeskThe Film Desk

    Featuring

    Wallace Shawn
    Bob Balaban
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