ALTAMONT NOW
dir. Joshua von Brown
contact: altamontnow.com
The cover for this DVD advertises "self-indulgent pirate tv broadcasts," "painfully lame interpersonal arguments," "angsty whining about The Man," and "the completely unnecessary use of firearms," and boy, does Altamont Now deliver all that and more.
A satire of anarchist rebellious types who want to stand for something but really don't know what to stand for, Joshua von Brown's mock-doc follows three 20-somethings who have formed a sort of cult and are hauled up in a missile silo waiting for the youth revolution, or the "Indie Rockopalypse," to come. Altamont Now is reminiscent of Fear of a Black Hat, and while not quite as clever or funny at the latter, it's worth watching, particularly for the scenes from the ex-childstar's television show Why's Daddy Acting Funny? (Lindsay Gibb)
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