Feels Good Man
A vertiginous, head-slapping examination of the tangible, unpredictable consequences of making art.
Feels Good Man
As in many of the weirdest fairy tales, it all starts with a frog. This story, however, is all too real. In November 2016, a barbaric election cycle had exposed a seismic cultural rift, and the country suddenly felt like a much different place. For underground cartoonist Matt Furie, that sensation was even more surreal. His innocent creation, Pepe the frog, had become co-opted by agents of chaos.
Genre
Documentary,
Politics
Web Site
Runtime
92
Language
English
Director
Arthur Jones
Writer(s)
Giorgio Angelini,
Arthur Jones,
Aaron Wickenden
Cast
Matt Furie
FEATURED REVIEW
Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times
As the documentary “Feels Good Man” tells it, when the cartoonist Matt Furie learned that his comic character Pepe the Frog had become an internet meme, he decided not to enforce his copyright. “I’m like an artist, so I don’t like suing other artists,” he explains. Initially, the meme seemed ...
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 9.04.20 - 9.17.20
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