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Row Three

Film Threat

"Regarded as one of the world's finest improv combos, Jagodowski and Pasquesi practice a slow, patient performance style, allowing the show to dictate their choices, and not the other way around. Director Alex Karpovsky took the promise Jagodowski and Pasquesi make to all of their audiences "Trust us, this is all made up" and made it the title and thesis of his documentary on the duo, an exploration of their history and artistic process framed around a stellar performance at New York's Barrow Street Theatre. Sticking to a split-screen format while Jagodowski and Pasquesi are off stage, Karpovsky alternates between eight different camera angles during the performance, making cuts that are as subject to the whims of the show as the performers. Trust Us, This Is All Made Up is a unique dissection of two unique minds, the science of their collaboration, and the rewards that come from trusting your partner implicitly and getting out of the art’s way. It’s also really effing funny."

Erik Adams, THE ONION