
IanOldsandPaulFeltenwroteanewscripttoaccompanyfootageofFrancomadewhileshootingthesoapGeneralHospital.TheresultisanexperimentalpsychologicalthrillerinwhichFranco'sideasbecomeincreasinglyparanoid,makingthecelebrity’seventualfallinevitable.<br/> WhenJamesFrancoannouncedhewastoplayaroleintheTVseriesGeneralHospital,itcausedquiteastir.Francoisknownasaseriousactor,sowhatwashedoinginasoapseries?Therewererumoursthathisperformancehadsomethingtodowithanartproject.<br/> Notsuchacrazytheory,asJamesFranco(whoactedinSpider-Man,127HoursandHowl)hasmanytalents.Hedirects,writes,studiesandmakes(performance)art.Francophreniademonstratesthatthereismoretohisroleasartist/murdererFrancoinGeneralHospitalthanmeetstheeye.<br/> Thefilmstartsinnocently:wefollowhimduringaday'sshootingofthesoapseries.ButitsoonbecomesclearthatdirectorsIanOldsandFrancodidn'twanttomakeanordinarydocumentary.Invoice-over,wehearFranco'sthoughtsasthesebecomeincreasinglyparanoidandmegalomaniacal.Francophreniaisahumorous,experimentalpsycho-thrillerthatFrancograndlyandstunninglytripsup.'I'meverywhere.I'mthelightofthisworld!'


