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Synopsis: "Marwencol" is a documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp. After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs "Marwencol" with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helps Mark to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds of the attack. When Mark and his photographs are discovered, a prestigious New York gallery sets up an art show. Suddenly Mark's homemade therapy is deemed "art", forcing him to choose between the safety of his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world that he's avoided since the attack.
Director(s): Jeff Malmberg
Production: The Cinema Guild
  18 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
83 min
$112,036
Website
183 Views


HE KEPT BRINGING THINGS

IN TO SHOW US.

AND YOU COULD SEE

THE EXCITEMENT IN HIM,

LIKE, "YEAH, YEAH,

IT'S THERE. I HOPE

TO GET BETTER AT IT.

I'M IN

THE HOBBY SHOP.

I JUST LOVE:

THE HOBBY SHOP.

YOU GET TOO--

YOU GET TOO EXCITED.

EVERYTHING'S REAL.

THE SLIDE ON THE .45.

THE HAMMER.

THE CLIP EVEN COMES OUT.

SO THAT ADDS TO MY,

YOU KNOW, VERBOSITY

OF GETTING INTO IT,

INTO THE STORY,

BECAUSE I KNOW:

EVERYTHING WORKS.

I ALMOST KNOW WHAT EVERYTHING--

WHAT EVERY SATCHEL'S CARRYING.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S GRENADES.

THIS IS THE BRIEFCASE

I CARRY AROUND.

IN HERE WE HAVE MONEY,

THE DETONATOR,

AND THEN CERTIFICATE

OF OWNERSHIP:

THAT I MADE UP MYSELF

FOR MY DOLL FIGURE

TO CARRY AROUND:

BECAUSE THIS PROVES

I OWN THE BAR, THEN.

THIS IS MY MOM,

MY MOTHER.

THIS IS FROM THE MOVIE

"GOLDFINGER," 007.

P*SSY GALORE

WAS HER NAME.

ANYWAY, YEAH, IT LOOKS

JUST LIKE MY MOM.

WHEN MY MOTHER:

CAME TO VISIT,

I SAID, "MOM, MOM,

LOOK, THERE'S YOU.

YOU'RE TENDING BAR."

THEN SHE--"YEAH, OK."

DIDN'T EVEN LOOK.

JUST WALKED RIGHT

PAST IT.

SO IT'S LIKE--BUT IT'S

MY MOM, YOU KNOW.

SO I GOTTA HAVE:

MY MOM IN HERE:

IN MY TOWN.

THIS IS HOW I WORK

ON PATIENCE.

THIS IS HOW I WORK

ON DEXTERITY.

TRAINING MY RIGHT HAND

TO BE A LITTLE BIT CALMER,

NOT SHAKE SO MUCH.

I'M AMAZED HOW I CAN TALK

ABOUT THIS:

AND ACTUALLY DO IT

AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S A FIRST.

I STARTED NEEDING VEHICLES

FOR MY TOWN.

AND THE TIRES,

THEY LOOKED SO BRAND NEW.

THEY GOT THE LITTLE

FACTORY SEAM AROUND

EVERY ONE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST

ROLLED OUT A SHOW ROOM.

I DON'T WANT THAT.

SO I START DRAGGING STUFF.

THE JEEP HAS:

180 MILES ON IT.

WHICH IS 1,080 MILES

IN 1/6 SCALE.

WHEN I'M EVEN WALKING,

I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY

LOOK AT MY FEET.

I CAN'T LOOK AROUND

LIKE OTHER PEOPLE DO

AND JUST WALK:

BECAUSE OTHERWISE

I'LL WIND UP IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I'VE ALWAYS GOT TO LOOK

AT WHAT'S AHEAD.

[HORN HONKS]

I'M WALKING ALONG.

I'M WALKING ON

THAT WHITE LINE.

I ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP ON

LOOKING DOWN,

MAKE SURE I'M

WALKING ON THAT.

AND I STILL LOSE

MY BALANCE AND STUFF

WHEN I'M DOING THAT,

BUT I'M GETTING BETTER

AT IT.

[WIND WHISTLING]

AMERICANS AND GERMANS

WERE WANDERING INTO THE TOWN

EITHER BECAUSE:

THEY WERE LOST:

OR THEY JUST CAME

ACROSS THE TOWN.

THERE WAS ONE RULE

IN MY TOWN.

THAT--FRIENDS.

BE FRIENDLY WITH EACH OTHER.

BEHAVE.

SO THEY DID. THEY WERE.

THE AMERICANS, THE BRITISH,

THE GERMANS,

THEY ALL DRINK TOGETHER,

THEY ALL SMOKE CIGARETTES

TOGETHER.

EVERYBODY BE FRIENDS

WITH EACH OTHER.

THE GERMANS,

WHEN THEY WERE THERE,

I TOLD THEM THEY

HAVE TO GET ALONG

WITH THE AMERICANS.

AND AS LONG AS I GAVE

THEM BOOZE AND A COUPLE

OF CATFIGHTS,

STAGED CATFIGHTS,

BETWEEN THE GIRLS,

THEY WERE HAPPY.

SO THE AMERICANS

AND GERMANS SAT TOGETHER,

DRINKING TOGETHER.

EVERYBODY GOT ALONG.

NOBODY WAS AGAINST

ANYBODY ELSE.

IT DIDN'T MATTER

WHAT CLOTHING THEY WORE.

WHEN I GET THAT NEW CHARACTER

AND I OPEN UP THAT BOX,

THE FIRST THING I LOOK AT

IS THEIR FACE.

AND THEN I THINK,

WHO DOES THAT REMIND ME OF

THAT I KNOW,

THAT I WANT TO PORTRAY WITH

AN ALTER EGO IN MY TOWN?

AND THEN THAT'S

THEIR ALTER EGO.

SHE LOOKS LIKE PAM.

A GIRL I KNOW, PAM.

THAT'S MARRIED.

DOWN AT THE ANCHORAGE.

SO I THINK I'M GONNA

MAKE HER PAM.

PAM.

THEN SOMETIMES I JUST DO

A QUICK THING LIKE THIS.

LIKE, OH-HO HO.

LIKE THEY'RE HUGGING ME.

LIKE THEY BOUGHT ME

AND STUFF.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO BUILD THINGS IN MINIATURE

AND WANT TO HAVE, LIKE,

A SOCIETY OUTSIDE OF SOCIETY,

A SMALLER SOCIETY.

WHEN MARK CREATES

A CHARACTER FOR YOU,

THAT'S REALLY A WAY

MARK HONORS YOU.

AND I FELT:

VERY HONORED:

WHEN MARK MADE ME

PART OF HIS TOWN.

MY DOLL, I BELIEVE

HE'S A BRITISH COMMANDO.

I THINK IT'S

A HANDSOME DOLL, MYSELF.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING

GOING ON AT MARWENCOL.

THERE'S ALWAYS DANGER.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE SS

TRYING TO ATTACK.

I'VE TAKEN PLACE

IN MANY BATTLES,

AND WE USUALLY:

COME OUT ON TOP.

Mark:
EVERYBODY

AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER

WISHES THEY HAD A DOUBLE

THAT COULD DO THINGS

THAT THEY COULD NEVER DO.

SO WHAT I DO IS:

WITH ALTER EGOS,

I TELL MY FRIENDS,

YOU CAN BE ANYBODY YOU WANT,

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

YOU WANT IN MY TOWN.

HAVE AS MANY GIRLS

AS YOU WANT.

I ONLY--I HAVE 27 BARBIES,

SO WE HAVE TO KEEP ENOUGH

FOR THE OTHER DUDES.

MEDITERRANEAN LISA SAID,

I WANT TO HAVE A TALL, DARK,

AND HANDSOME BOYFRIEND.

I SAID, OK.

SO I PUT HER WITH YAZI

THE NAVAJO INDIAN.

AND SHE SAID,

HE'S GORGEOUS.

HE'S PERFECT.

BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW

I HAD A STEVE McQUEEN DOLL.

WHEN SHE FOUND THAT OUT,

SHE WANTED TO DROP

THE NAVAJO LIKE A HOT CAKE.

AND NOW STEVE McQUEEN'S

HER BOYFRIEND.

[MOTORCYCLE RUMBLES]

I AM MEDITERRANEAN LISA,

AND THIS IS MY DOLL.

I AM NOW DATING:

STEVE McQUEEN.

I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

A COUPLE BUDDIES OF MINE

WERE LOOKING AT:

MY TOWN ONE DAY:

AND IT WAS ALL, YOU KNOW,

THE SOLDIERS OUT THERE

AND STUFF.

AND I HAD A BARBIE.

AND ONE OF THEM SAID,

"HEY, LOOK, MAN,

IT'S A BARBIE."

AND I SAYS,

"YEAH, WHAT DO YOU WANT

IT TO BE, GAY TOWN,

WITH ALL DUDES IN IT?"

HE'S LIKE, "NO."

I SAID, "MAN, ALL THE DUDES

GOT TO HAVE SOME WOMEN."

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

I...I LOVE THE THOUGHT

OF WOMEN.

YOU KNOW, SO I WANT WOMEN

IN MY TOWN.

THIS IS THE LAST

GIRLFRIEND THAT I HAD.

9 YEARS AGO.

IT'S THE LAST TIME

I EVER FELT A WOMAN,

HUGGED A WOMAN.

KISSED A WOMAN.

THE FIRST 4 YEARS

OF THAT 9 YEARS

WAS BECAUSE I WAS A

DRUNK AND I DIDN'T CARE

TO LOOK FOR WOMEN.

I'D JUST RATHER DRINK.

AND THE LAST 5 YEARS,

I'VE BEEN ME BEING BUSY,

TRYING TO GET BACK

MY SENSES,

FINE MOTOR SKILLS.

I HAVE TO LEARN THAT

ALL OVER AGAIN, SEX.

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW--

I DON'T REMEMBER

WHAT IT WAS LIKE.

THAT'S WHAT I USED TO DO

TO MY WIFE:

WHEN I WOULD COME OFF

THE SHIP.

COME HOME:

AND ATTACK HER.

SHE'D BE WAITING.

I WISH I HAD SOMEBODY

TO COME OVER,

A GIRL PREFERABLY,

TO MANIPULATE:

THE FEMALE DOLLS.

THAT'D BE NEAT--

PLAYING DOLLS:

WITH A GIRLFRIEND.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

MY BEDROOM WINDOW

WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET

FROM A BIG HOUSE

WITH A WHITE PICKET FENCE

AND A BIG TALL BLONDE

LIVED OVER THERE.

WE WOULD--YOU KNOW,

IF I WAS OUTSIDE

AND SHE WAS OUTSIDE,

WE'D, YOU KNOW, MEET

AT THE PICKET FENCE.

AND THE OTHER NEIGHBOR,

BETTY, WOULD COME OVER.

AND THEN THE THREE OF US

WOULD BE AT:

THE WHITE PICKET FENCE.

SO I DUBBED IT:

THE GOSSIP FENCE.

IT WAS GREAT.

SHE WAS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.

HI, I'M COLLEEN,

AND THIS IS MY HOME.

AND THIS IS WHERE

MARK AND I:

USED TO TALK:

AND GOSSIP:

BY MY FENCE.

I LIKE BLONDES:

TO BEGIN WITH, SO.

'CAUSE OF MY EX-WIFE.

SHE'S BLONDE.

YOU KNOW, SO I

EXPERIENCED THE FEELING

OF A CRUSH.

WHAT IT IS TO WANT

SOMEONE.

I HAVE 3 CHILDREN.

I'M MARRIED.

I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT

THAT. CAN'T HAVE HER.

YOU KNOW, I JUST...

OH, INNOCENT ME.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I MEAN, I DIDN'T WANT

TO STEAL HER AWAY.

I JUST WANTED:

TO LET HER KNOW:

THAT SHE WAS ON:

SOME SCRUMPTIOUS.

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