A Confessional Documentary (1987)

A Confessional Documentary is a 1minute long short film directed by noted film critic Gene Siskel originally shown alongside his partner Roger Eberts short film Citizen Yuppie on the 1987 broadcast of their annual Holiday Gift Guide program It was shot entirely on a thennew Fisher Price PixelVision PXL2000 lowfidelity camcorder in monochrome on compact audio cassette inspiring Richard Linklater to utilize the same technique in his 1991 feature SLACKER The film recontextualizes the image of Roger Eberts face to provide some humorous jabs at the nature of film criticism