Hollywood - While filming his 2003 mockumentary, A Mighty Wind, star/director Christopher Guest assumed ardent fans of the genre would be thrilled to see a genuine documentary about the making of a mockumentary. The Making Of is the mockumentary Mr. Guest helmed as a result of that thought. The finished product, however, is confusing moviegoers who usually enjoy the work of Mr. Guest and his clever cohorts. "I'm not sure what I was watching," said John Balboa. "I couldn't tell which crew was supposed to be serious and which crew was supposed to be funny. I think they were both supposed to be funny, one unintentionally and one intentionally, but it was hard to know for certain." Mr. Guest explained The Making Of. "It's very simple," he insisted. "A documentary film crew shoots a documentary about a prolific mockumentary director in the process of shooting his latest mockumentary." Unfortunately some viewers thought it was a real documentary about the making of a mockumentary that will be released at a later date, or is already available on DVD. Sheila De La Cruz is one of those moviegoers. "I'm looking forward to seeing the mockumentary the documentary was about," she said, referring to a motion picture that doesn't exist. "No, you're not getting me," Mr. Guest replied. "There is no mockumentary. Well there is, but the mockumentary is what you thought the documentary was. It's not. The documentary is about a mockumentary that doesn't exist. Actually, to be technically correct, the documentary is a mockumentary about a documentary crew shooting a mockumentary that doesn't exist. I hope that clears things up once and for all." The Making Of opens across the country Friday.
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