DVD Review: Audience of One

Audience of One is a documentary that follows Pastor Richard Gazowsky -of the Voice of Pentecost Church based out of San Francisco- as he attempts to produce a movie based on the Biblical story of Joseph.

Wait. Let me back up.

Pastor Gazowsky saw his first movie at the age of 40. Shortly after that he claims that he received a message from God telling him he needs to make a movie about the biblical story of Joseph -told as a sci-fi epic. Charged with this task, Pastor Gazowsky creates the production company What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG for short) out of his congregation and begins production on Gravity: The Shadow of Joseph. This film documents Gazowsky as his attempts to make his vision come to fruition despite not knowing a thing about making movies. What starts out as story about a seemingly misguided Pastor and his congregation who simply want to make a movie slowly turns into a portrait of a dillusional man who borderlines on religious fanaticism and those who follow his word relentlessly.

This really is a great documentary and is interesting as hell. You can check out a more in-depth review of this film over at Examiner.com.

Audience of One is available now on DVD.