Actor Martinez

Arthur Martinez may well be a full-time computer doctor, but really he’s a second-rate actor. That’s why he hires the directors Mike Ott and Nathan Silver and commissions them to make a film about Arthur Martinez. However they soon decide to intervene and try to make the diffuse personality and the far-from-exciting existence of their protagonist a little more interesting. For instance by introducing a girlfriend. And by persuading him to reveal his inner self with intimate questions. But the more the makers try to get a grip on the actor, the more desperately he tries to wrestle himself free. The result is plenty of discomfort and absurdist scenes. The film has a very documentary character, thanks to the camera work and the conversations between filmmakers and actors (who all play themselves) and continuously hovers on the boundary between fiction and reality.