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Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington

Wave that flag: the comedy duo on their new feature, a political satire and extension of the On Cinema at the Cinema story

Mister America is the new film starring Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington. It’s a documentary-style satire about a first-time political candidate named Tim Heidecker, that is, the character Heidecker has played for years now alongside Turkington as part of their movie show On Cinema at the Cinema. In case you don’t already know, Heidecker and Turkington have created an incredible comedic universe involving their two movie-guy characters which spans a vanity spy show, Twitter, and now Mister America. FC Editor-in-Chief sat down with the duo to talk about how they put it all together, where cinema verité comes into it, and what they think of Alan Partridge.

This story is part of the September-October 2019 issue of Film Comment.

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