Feels Good Man (2020)

Artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the Frog, begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon image from those who used it for their own purposes.

Director:

Arthur Jones

Writers:

Giorgio Angelini, Matt Furie (based on original artwork by)

Stars:

Matt Furie, Robert Barnes, Samantha Bee

4 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Matt Furie	...	Self - Artist, Creator of Pepe the Frog
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Barnes	...	Self - Attorney, InfoWars (archive footage)
Samantha Bee	...	Self - Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (archive footage)
Jeremy Blackburn	...	Self
Susan Blackmore	...	Self - Psychologist and Memetist
Matt Braynard	...	Self - Executive Director, Look Ahead America
Hillary Clinton	...	Self (archive footage)
Stephen Colbert	...	Self (archive footage)
Joel Finkelstein	...	Self - Director, Network Contagion Research Institute
Ursala Furie	...	Self
Nicolette Gray	...	Self (archive footage)
John Michael Greer	...	Self - Occultist and Scholar
Lisa Hanawalt	...	Self - Artist and Writer
Emily Heller	...	Self - Comedian and TV writer
Alex Jones	...	Self - Host, InfoWars (archive footage)

Storyline

Artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the Frog, begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon image from those who used it for their own purposes.

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Plot Keywords:

battle | reference to barack obama | reference to pepe the frog | culture clash | three word title | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Directorial debut of Arthur Jones.

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Quotes

Self - Psychologist and Memetist: The whole idea of memes comes from Richard Dawkins' 1976 book, "The Selfish Gene." Most of the book is about what he called "universal Darwinism," which said, "All of biology is driven by genes, but culture is driven by memes." He said, "Look around you and you'll see, floating about in the primeval soup of culture, is information copied by imitation from person to person." So that would include chairs... trousers... hairstyles. All of these things are only here because humans have copied them,...

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Connections

References Watchmen (2009)

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Soundtracks

Some Things Last a Long Time
Written by Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston
Performed by Daniel Johnston

User Reviews

This is so much better than it has any right to be

I'd heard a lot of good things about this film after its premiere, with the added assurance that, yes, it is a documentary about Pepe the frog and yet it's still really good, so I was expecting something interesting.

And I still finished it thinking it was so much better than a film about Pepe the frog has any right to be. It's a film about symbolism, psychology, the internet, the death of the author, meme culture, all while maintaining a sense of grim disgust but still being funny, optimistic by the end, an interesting character study about a modern day tortured artist, AND never once feels the least bit cringey even though it's about meme culture, which is an extreme rarity in a world where most films centering around the internet are produced by out of touch 60 year old boomers.

Not a word of the script feels wasted, the choice to animate Pepe in various ways illustrating the voice over was genius, and every one of the people it looks at are all really interesting.

The few things I could maybe complain about are that the soundtrack wasn't all that great to me and the last 20 minutes or so feel a bit slower than the rest of the film, and not really in a good way. However, if you have even a passing presence or space of your own on the internet, this is an absolute must-see.

Even if it is a documentary about Pepe the bloody frog.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official Website

Country:

USA

Release Date:

28 August 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Feels Good Man

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ready Fictions, Wavelength Productions, XTR

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.89 : 1