Morgan Spurlock Presents: Chalk and Class Act
Not long after the success of his documentary Super Size Me, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock started using his newfound fame to bring attention to other deserving documentaries with his “Morgan Spurlock Presents” line of DVDs. Sounds like a decent thing to do, the only problem is, he was planning to release 4 to 6 movies every year under this banner, and it brings up a question of quality. So far, the only movie I have heard anything about is Rob VanAlkemade’s What Would Jesus Buy?, a documentary about materialism and globalization. Now DVD Active brings us news of two more films on the way: Chalk and Class Act.
Chalk is actually a mockumentary, and a pretty low budget one from the looks of it, following a group of first year teachers as they struggle to cope with the responsibility of educating kids. Meanwhile, Class Act is a documentary about how the arts are disappearing from classrooms and are not being encouraged from a young age. I hate to pre-judge either of these films without having seen them, but I have to admit, this is not quite the level of quality I was expecting from films with Morgan Spurlock’s name attached to them. And won’t adding a mockumentary to the mix just confuse people? For more info on both of these films, including a trailer, visit their respective websites: www.chalkthefilm.com and www.classactthemovie.com. Chalk hits stores on September 25th, while Class Act will be available on October 16th.
Comments (3)
You expect something from this Sprulock guy? I’ve got an idea what if instead of water I only drink beer for a month I wonder what sort of funny gimmic/political subtext about the consumption of the U.S. I can do with that? I wonder if I can comment on the health care industry and irrespsonsible advertising and hell. He should do one about Halloween and childhood obesity instead that’s atleast children acting like children.
Posted by Ian on August 30th, 2007Super Size Me was pretty obvious yes, but I still think he was able to put together an entertaining movie. I happen to like his 30 Days series on FX as well. But you do have a point… he’s not necessarily an ambassador for brilliant filmmaking, so maybe that’s what we’re seeing here.
Posted by Sean on August 30th, 2007Yeah I guess I’m being reactionary to his inexplicable success 30 Days has had some intersting aspects though it seems he is trying to be more of sociologist in the show and perhaps oversimplifying the complex tapestry of American Culture (wow now I’m sounding pretentious).
Posted by Ian on August 30th, 2007Leave a Reply