Films like Fast, Cheap & Out of Control.

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle documentary, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Ed Wood (1994) (1994) poster
1. Ed Wood1994

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Irma Vep (1996) (1996) poster
2. Irma Vep1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) (2013) poster
3. Jodorowsky's Dune2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Flirting with Disaster (1996) poster
4. Flirting with Disaster1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a running vein of humour.

8 Femmes (2002) poster
5. 8 Femmes2002

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Boss of It All (2006) poster
6. The Boss of It All2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) poster
7. Exit Through the Gift Shop2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Waiting for Guffman (1996) poster
8. Waiting for Guffman1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Dear Diary (1993) poster
9. Dear Diary1993

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Eagle vs Shark (2007) (2007) poster
10. Eagle vs Shark2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

For Your Consideration (2006) (2006) poster
11. For Your Consideration2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

A Mighty Wind (2003) poster
12. A Mighty Wind2003

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a warm emotional register.

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