Director Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce – 2017 Australia 87 min – Mockumentary/Comedy
A behind the scenes peak at the greatest television Samurai Drama no one knows and its enigmatic and tragically lost star, Takashi Takamoto. Robots, Product Placement, and island-sized egos fill this series seen just briefly in Australia and finally memorialized in a way befitting its utter lack of success.
Unlike Christopher Guest films, there is a thread that runs through TOP KNOT DETECTIVE that feels like it could be true, or at least, would be believed if someone tried to pass it off as true. Much like Peter Jackson’s FORGOTTEN SILVER, McCann & Perce have invented a full mythology of a lost television show, interviewing the talent and creators. As the film propels through its absurd history, the details of the show and its narcissistic star become less and less plausible, but by then, you’ve already fallen victim to the credibility of craft of the mockumentarians. –Bears Fonte
