# Autobiographical film about a teenager filming everything

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**Created:** [May 18, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/autobiographical-film-about-a-teenager-filming-everything/3383 "2023-05-18T09:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lepape](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/58f4c7/32.png) [@Lepape](https://filmfind.me/u/Lepape)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/autobiographical-film-about-a-teenager-filming-everything/3383/1 "2023-05-18T09:49:50Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to remember the following film, some details might be wrong: the film is autobiographical, or semi-autobiographical, it’s about a teenage boy or young man obsessed with filming everything in its life, including is own family and their dynamics. There might be an LGBT aspect to it? The poster is a close up of that character looking straight at us, with fairly long blond hair, carrying a Super 8 camera, or a similar looking camera, close to his head.

Thank you very much in advance to whomever might help me!

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**Author:** ![Tim](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Tim](https://filmfind.me/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/autobiographical-film-about-a-teenager-filming-everything/3383/2 "2023-05-18T13:44:24Z")

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This seems like a low likelihood of a match, but could it be [David Holzman’s Diary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062864)? A micro-budget, experimental film from 1967 directed by Jim McBride. It was about a young New York filmmaker who seeks to better understand himself by filming his own life with a 16mm camera on his shoulder. The film is a classic of American experimental cinema. Brian De Palma cited it in a number of early interviews as having a big influence on his own early experimental work.

But the poster is nothing like what you describe. Probably there is a more recent film with a similar plot that I’m not familiar with.

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**Author:** ![VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/41988e/32.png) [@VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/u/VHS_Lives)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/autobiographical-film-about-a-teenager-filming-everything/3383/3 "2023-05-18T19:50:24Z")

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vaguely reminds me of “archie’s final project”

> **[My Suicide (2009)](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0492896/mediaviewer/rm3390357248/?ref_=tt_md_3)**
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> My Suicide (2009)

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**Author:** ![pori](https://filmfind.me/user_avatar/filmfind.me/pori/32/27_2.png) [@pori](https://filmfind.me/u/pori)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/autobiographical-film-about-a-teenager-filming-everything/3383/4 "2023-05-19T11:43:15Z")

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Tarnation (2003)

> **[Tarnation (2003) ⭐ 7.1 | Documentary, Biography](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390538/)**
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> 1h 28m | Unrated

 ![indir](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d270dd1ad354786e2a2847b6afff1ccf5c675549.jpeg)