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The Ralph Handel Story (2006)
Directed by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Comedy · 15m
Co-directed by Benny and Josh Safdie, this deadpan mock-documentary follows Ralph Handel, a buttoned-down office worker who spends his nights bombing on the open-mic circuit. Staged as cinéma vérité that edges into performance art—Safdie performed the disastrous sets in real clubs—the film channels Andy Kaufman’s anti-comedy and the self-reflexive diary mode of David Holzman’s Diary to sketch a sly portrait of a life quietly coming undone.
Cast
Benny Safdie
Josh Safdie
Crew
- Director
- Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
- Director of Photography
- Josh Safdie
- Original Music Composer
- Jack Lewis
- Editor
- Benny Safdie
Details
- Release date
- 2006-06-19
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Red Bucket Films