
InVentura,CA,GiuseppeAndrewsmakesmoviesinhistrailerparkwherehegrewup.Aformerchildactorinsomebigmovies(IndependenceDay,UnstrungHeroes,NeverBeenKissed),Giuseppeisinspiredmorebythecrazyindependentfilmmakersofhistory:Bunuel,CassavetesandFassbinder.Obsessedwiththeedgesofsociety,dirtylanguagespokenaspoemsandoccasionalnudity,Giuseppe'sfilmsmayresembletheundergroundworldsofHarmonyKorine,JohnWatersandTodBrowning.Withahandwrittenscript,avideocamera,anactingensembleofneighborsandhomelessfriends-andalmostnomoney,Giuseppehasnowmade30featurefilms.InGiuseppe'snewfilm"GarbanzoGas",VietnamRon,oneofmanyhomelessmeninVenturathatGiuseppehasgrownupwith,playsavegancowonvacationfromtheslaughterhouse.ThedocGIUSEPPEMAKESAMOVIEfollowsthemakingof"GarbanzoGas."FromGiuseppe'sheadquarters-hisownmobilehome-wefollowashesetsouttomakeafeaturefilminjusttwodays.Thestranger-than-fictiondocumentaryexplorestheGiuseppeuniverse,showinghowtheself-taughtfilmmakercapturesanunexpectedlevelofhumanismandcreatesafamilyunitforagroupofpeoplewhoneededone.

