Benny Safdie — Producer (4)

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Thank You Very Much (2025)
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other title: La comedia y el caos: El legado de Andy Kaufman / 非常感谢
Andy Kaufman's provocative comedy often outraged audiences, challenging them to confront their own presumptions. Through never-before-seen footage and intimate recollections, filmmaker Alex Braverman explores Kaufman’s brief but impactful life and career. As the lines between performance and reality blur in our present age, Kaufman’s genius resonates more than ever.

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Lizard Music (2027)
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other title: 蜥蜴之乐 / 리자드 뮤직
When a boy left to his own devices stumbles upon a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music, a hidden door to the extraordinary swings open. His search for answers leads him to the eccentric and whimsical Chicken Man and his beloved companion, a seventy-year-old chicken named Claudia—two kindred spirits who have also glimpsed the impossible. United by this shared vision, they set off on an adventure that begins as a hunt for a hidden society but blossoms into something far greater: a voyage through invisible worlds, unexpected harmonies, and the unbreakable bond between lost souls who discover magic not only in what they find, but in each other.

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Public Access (2026)
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A deep dive into one of America’s most radical media experiments, this documentary uncovers how New York’s underground public access television turned everyday people into boundary-pushing creators. Using rare archival footage, it reveals a chaotic free-speech arena where rules were shattered, censors challenged, and anyone could seize the screen. Long before influencers existed, public access channels like Manhattan Cable Television gave New Yorkers total creative freedom — spawning interactive oddities, anarchic art shows, and pioneering LGBTQ+ programming. As sexually explicit content pushed limits and ignited public outrage, major First Amendment battles ensued. The result is an unfiltered look at a transformative moment in media history that anticipated today’s creator-driven digital world, warning viewers to “brace yourself” for the wildness that defined it.

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John's Gone (2010)
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other title: 존은 사라졌다
John's Gone is a fever dream comedy about John's World soon after his mother passes away. He sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs friends but settles for strangers, has roaches, and is prematurely thrust into the cruel wasteland that is the world around him. He is surrounded by people who don't speak his language, junk he piles up in his apartment filled with cultural beacons he ignores with idea of a potential sale. He is punch drunk (not with love) but something far more strange and lost. One can only say John's Gone.