The Unintenional Surrealism of Bad Movies

The way we see it any person making art is a good person- well, with a few exceptions, but for the most part, even if the art isn't necessarily good, the world is in some way a better place because it exists. So, we really hate to pick on anyone for trying and failing BUT it is hard to ignore the unintentional surrealism of certain bad movies. Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda is perhaps the ultimate example of the formula "bad movie" = "incredible surrealist art".

That being said, we would love to find a contemporary Ed Wood, someone who, without even the slightest bit of self-awareness, is creating incredible, accidental pieces of art. I think we found him, in fact we've even written about him before, but it wasn't until recently that we bothered to YouTube him.

Sam Mraovich, writer/producer/director/star/cinematographer/editor/composer/casting director of the second worst film of all time (according to the IMDB), Ben & Arthur may be an unintentional genius. Here's a trailer:



Is it satire- is it a satire of satire? Is it camp? Is it a satire of camp? A campy satire of satire or maybe camp? Just a bad movie? It's like it's either a really bad 'gay-interest' film or a parody of 'gay interest' films so savage it is downright homophobic.

Anyway, Sam we support you. Keep doing what you do- and we'll watch it- and enjoy it, though not necessarily in the way you intended us to.

(One last note, just to clarify, while the film looks like it was shot with camcorders in a weekend- it actually got distribution, hence opening it up for study and/or ridicule and/or jealousy.)

Dan