Chop & Steele highlights the joy and struggle of a creative partnership between the duo behind the Found Footage Festival. ChopandSteele foundfootagefest
, chronicling the legal fight and aftermath of Pickett and Prueher as they reassess the goal of their operation and their dedication to outsider comedy. The breezy documentary was acquired for distribution by Drafthouse Films in March and is currently screening at select Drafthouse locations, before it heads to VOD distribution on May 9, 2023.
With that said, any fan of The Found Footage Festival is probably well familiar already with the saga of strong men Chop and Steele, the duo cooked up by Pickett and Prueher to illustrate the embarrassing lack of vetting and research being done by small town news teams as they selected guests to feature on their shows.
The recaps of the lawsuit itself are necessary, but a bit perfunctory to fans of the Found Footage Festival–though it is amusing to see footage from the duo’s day-long depositions, in which they’re grilled on such topics as their definition of the term “strong man,” or asked to confirm that stupid characters such as “Kenny ‘K-Strass’ Strasser” are not in fact real people.
Nick Prueher, on the other hand, is an interesting case–despite being just as dedicated to the Found Footage Festival and the pair’s zany adventures for the last few decades, there are subtle moments inwhere the documentarians seem to be highlighting a somewhat conflicted outlook on whether he really wants to keep doing this forever. We seem to witness the duo fraying a bit at the seams, Prueher not quite meeting Pickett’s eyeline as the latter proclaims they’ll just keep rolling forever.
Following the pandemic, though, The Found Footage Festival has arguably emerged rejuvenated once again, with Pickett and Prueher’s virally enforced time apart leading to a joyous reunion as they track down the man who starred in that confounding McDonald’s training video more than three decades ago–the inspiration point for their entire quest.
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