"Audience of One"
I just watched Audience of One an award winning documentary about Pastor Richard Gazowsky of the Voice of God Pentecostal Church here in San Francisco, and his attempts to make a big budget religious SF movie. I found it really painful to watch. I was whip consultant for the movie that Gazowsky was trying to make. That meant that once a week I would go along to the church (in an old movie theater on Ocean Avenue) and crack whips in the foyer, along with the pastor's son Sunny and his daughters Rocki and Misty Dejavu and other parishioners. These are sweet people, always friendly, and grateful that I would volunteer my time to help their project. Though I do not share their religion, nobody pressured me to join of force any of their beliefs on me.
Audience of One shows their project falling apart. The day I met Pastor Richard he told me that he is either crazy or on a mission from God (Who he hears from on a regular basis). He's absolutely right about that. Still, he is charming, charismatic and took his family and flock along on a wild journey. It was hard for me to watch them all as their dreams turned out to be delusions.
Audience of One shows their project falling apart. The day I met Pastor Richard he told me that he is either crazy or on a mission from God (Who he hears from on a regular basis). He's absolutely right about that. Still, he is charming, charismatic and took his family and flock along on a wild journey. It was hard for me to watch them all as their dreams turned out to be delusions.