This documentary is from 2007 but is still one of my favorites to date. If you live in LA or have visited Hollywood Blvd. you’ll be familiar with these masked performers that stand out side the Chinese Mann theater and pose in photos with tourists.
CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO is a feature length documentary that chronicles the lives of three mortal men and one woman who make their living working as superhero characters on Hollywood Boulevard. This deeply personal look into their daily routines reveals their hardships and triumphs as they pursue and achieve their own kind of fame.
The Hulk sold his Super Nintendo for a bus ticket to LA; Wonder Woman was a mid-western homecoming queen; Batman struggles with his anger, while Superman’s psyche is consumed by the Man of Steel. Although the Walk of Fame is right beneath their feet, their own paths to stardom prove to be long, hard climbs.
this is a great film with characters you could not invent. definitely funny and quirky, but with an underlying sadness of all the unfulfilled hopes
[...] de muchas ciudades (no solamente patrias; sorprende ver a Superman, Spiderman o Darth Vader en Hollywood Blv., en el Chinese Theatre). Ejemplos de ellos son el musical de Hello Kitty que pasó por Cádiz hace un par de años [...]