December 30th, 2011

Audience of One



Ten years ago, a Pentecostal pastor from San Francisco was praying on a mountain top when he received a vision from God to spread the Gospel through filmmaking. Using donations from his congregation, he slowly transformed his church into a fully functioning movie studio, and the production company Christian WYSIWYG Filmworks was born. After experimenting on a number of small projects, Pastor Richard Gazowsky announced that he and his WYSIWYG crew were going to make a film entitled, GRAVITY: THE SHADOW OF JOSEPH, a biblical science fiction movie that would redefine the Hollywood epic. AUDIENCE OF ONE is a documentary that chronicles the making of GRAVITY. This verite style film goes inside a Pentecostal church, where the charismatic Gazowsky leads his loyal cast and crew on an incredible journey that tests the limits of faith. From pre-production at their church, to shooting principal photography in Italy, to leasing an enormous studio on an island in the San Francisco Bay, AUDIENCE OF ONE keeps pace with an embattled church production who look to God in order to keep their dream alive. Full of humor and pathos, what transpires is a story of obsession, faith and delusion.

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7 Responses to “Audience of One”

  1. Inediblehulk, on December 30th, 2011 at 4:33 pm Said:

    How anybody could attempt this without smoking, drinking or screwing is beyond me. 45 minutes to go, I’m betting someone completely loses their head in ten!

  2. Inediblehulk, on December 30th, 2011 at 5:16 pm Said:

    I think Daniel (Spirf) is the best part of this guy’s movie. That’s not good. But that’s some far out trigonometry, man!

  3. MrVeryFAMOUS, on December 30th, 2011 at 5:43 pm Said:

    1hr 20 mins onwards the guy has lost it with his 8 arrows, ” its either god or im crazy” he says
    guess what ur fuking crazy

  4. MrVeryFAMOUS, on December 30th, 2011 at 5:45 pm Said:

    @BenjaminNBS lol,

  5. MrVeryFAMOUS, on December 30th, 2011 at 6:36 pm Said:

    this is what happens when mentally ill people are not diagnosed

  6. BenjaminNBS, on December 30th, 2011 at 7:35 pm Said:

    Interesting film which documents how a batshit crazy pastor cons his entire congregation, investors, the residence of a small Italian town & the City of San Francisco into helping him make a big-budget film, which he describes as “Star Wars meets the story of Joseph”…

    Worth watching just to marvel at the total ineptitude of this delusional man.
    I almost thought I was watching a documentary on George Lucas making the Star Wars prequels.

  7. benledieu, on December 30th, 2011 at 8:06 pm Said:

    This is such a self-indulging film about this guy who instrumentalises god and religion in his search of fame and financial success.
    Who do you think is behind the ads…?

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