Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Comedy, Documentary
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2011
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In 1987, Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitch Deprey recorded the nightly squabbles of their over-the-top neighbors, homophobic Raymond Huffman and proudly gay Peter Haskett, and the chronicle of the pair's bizarre existence soon took on a life of its own. This darkly funny documentary checks in with former punks Eddie and Mitch, who detail their late-'80s Lower Haight surroundings, and surveys the tapes' influence on an array of underground artists.
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Rated:
UNRATED
Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
26 Aug 2011
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
For the most part, this is a feature-length documentary that begs to be turned into a YouTube clip -- junky and ephemeral.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
16 Sep 2011
rotten:
It's a strange story, and the stylish and well-edited documentary "Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure" gets it down. But yet it doesn't quite get it.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
16 Sep 2011
fresh:
Casts a wide net of inquiry over this sometimes appalling story, which raises timely questions about the differences between creation and exploitation.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
22 Sep 2011
fresh:
Bate chronicles the whole wooly story with admirable clarity and resourcefulness, even when a lack of visual material forces him to resort too often to reenactment and dramatization.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
23 Sep 2011
rotten:
The unsuspecting stars (who died in 1992 and '96, respectively) begin to seem less like nightmare neighbors and more like the victims of rampant exploitation and voyeurism.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
13 Oct 2011