Sundance. Crazy Love.

A "kooky, only-in-New-York tale of improbable love," writes Filmmaker's Scott Macaulay. "There are scores of docs that center on the mysteries of character. Why do people do the things they do? Many of these docs leave you unsatisfied at their conclusion, though, when you realize you still don't know what makes these people tick. It’s the ultimate success of Crazy Love that, I think, you perfectly understand these two people by its end."

At Film Threat, Mark Bell declares it "a rarity in documentaries; it's fun."

"I know that there are relationships in the world that are, at best, sick and delusional; at the same time, I don't want to hear about them," grumbles Cinematical's James Rocchi. "Crazy Love wants to be a portrait of obsession - right down to the oh-so-knowing quote from Lacan that opens the film - but it simply feels like a feature-length version of any episode of The Jerry Springer Show, where unlikable people demonstrate they have no shame by carefully detailing their twisting and idiotic hate-fueled squalid past and unhappy present."

The Reeler and indieWIRE interview director Dan Klores.

Update, 1/23: Allison Hope Weiner talks with Klores for the New York Times.

Update, 1/26: "Klores's rollicking film" is "his finest effort yet," writes Steve Ramos at indieWIRE. "Despite the sadness, crimes and terrible actions, the story of Burt and Linda is the best time at Sundance."

Update, 1/29: Tom Hall: "One of the most nauseatingly egocentric people I have ever seen, Pugach was, hands down, the most troubling character I saw on screen at the festival because he is the real deal."

Coverage of the coverage: The Park City Index.

Posted by dwhudson at January 22, 2007 7:19 AM