THE HOLE STORY
The Hole Story
Alex Karpovsky, 2005
Catalog No.: FTF-093
Length: 83 minutes
An aspiring television producer cashes in his life savings to produce the pilot to a documentary television series, only to find himself in a battle with nature, reality and his own internal demons.
Directed by Alex Karpovsky
Cinematography by Robert Henry
Original Score by James Lavino
Featuring: Alex Karpovsky
Festivals: Independent Film Festival of Boston, Northampton Independent Film Festival, Sedona International Film Festival, D.C. Independent Film Festival, Fargo Film Festival Big Muddy Film Festival, Memphis International Film Festival. Sarasota Film Festival, Longbaugh Film Festival, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, Seattle True Independent Film Festival, Rooftop Films, Newport International Film Festival, Plymouth Independent Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Kansas International Film Festival
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PRESS
“Equal measures Woody Allen and Werner Herzog, The Hole Story is one of the most original American comedies in a long time.”
-Matthew Ross, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
“Amazing. Hilarious, smart, and surprisingly profound. The Hole Story is one of those films that you want to push on people. It’s a fine achievement and a wonderful debut.”
-Michael Tully, INDIEWIRE
"I fell in love with it and have not been able to get it out of my head….It was one of the saddest and funniest debuts I've ever seen.."
-Matt Zoller Seitz, NEW YORK PRESS
“Take note of an important, talented, and original filmmaker in our midst. The Hole Story can be hilariously funny, but it also dares ask why the hell are we on this earth?”
-Gerald Peary, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
“Very very funny … Not documentary, not mockumentary, ‘The Hole Story’ is a clever meld of fact with fiction.”
-Deborah Caulfield Rybak, MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL STAR TRIBUNE
“Shot in documentary style, focused on a fictional Alex (but based on and starring the real Karpovsky), and set in real situations with real people who may or may not be acting, The Hole Story is neither feature film, documentary, or mockumentary. Perhaps it's time to start talking about ficumentaries.”
-Denise Taylor, THE BOSTON GLOBE
“A hilarious, Herzog-esque look at one man's descent into madness.”
-David Walker, THE WILLIAMETTE WEEK
“Alex and his crew do a great job keeping it real yet funny… We laugh at him, with him, yet we are along for the journey. We want Alex to solve the mystery, we care. And this is why the film transcends other films in the genre.”
-Peter Sciretta, CINEMATICAL
“Performance art, faux-u-mentary and 85-minute cosmic kvetch, Alex Karpovsky’s offbeat The Hole Story is also an amusing demonstration of the art of turning nothing into something… The film is a new kind of existential exhibitionism, a ‘‘Blair Witch”-like descent into a hole in one man’s head”.
-James Verniere, THE BOSTON HERALD
“The film is so unique, so incomparable, that viewers would be foolish not to champion its ascent to the mainstream.”
-Abby Weingarten, THE SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE
“It’s actually pretty funny.”
-Stephen Hunter, THE WASHINGTON