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* BlackSheep: Mark resents his brothers for pursuing normal lives, and his parents for looking down on his ambitions. His brothers don't have a lot of good to say about him either, by turns viewing him as (essentially) a gifted bullshitter who would be better suited to blue-collar factory work, and in childhood came off as someone destined to be a stalker or serial killer.
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* AbusiveParents: Though they enjoy a decent relationship now, Mark's brothers note that their parents' marriage was extremely unstable and argumentative, and it affected the children so badly that Mark became increasingly inward and aloof.
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* AdultChild: Mark is 30 with three kids to take care of and a ton of debt, but he thumbs his nose at the idea of pursuing a stable career in order to get his finances in order, instead begging his octogenarian uncle for money to fund his film projects and picking up money on the side through low-wage unskilled labor.
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* BittersweetEnding: Mark's film attracts a sold-out show with an audience who receive it warmly, allowing him to finally reap the fruits of his labor and finally enjoy the success of a creative project; but a frail Uncle Bill passes away a few months later, and as a meta example, Mark still has not made ''Northwestern'' and has only directed a couple of little-seen, poorly-received short films in the meantime.
* BluntNo: When the documentarians ask Mark's children if they want to make movies when they grow up, they immediately say no.
* BluntNo: When the documentarians ask Mark's children if they want to make movies when they grow up, they immediately say no.
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* GrowingUpSucks: At one point, Mark watches footage from ''Northwestern'' that he shot in 1990, and wistfully remarks how disappointed he is in realizing how quickly time passes and how he'd let his creative pursuits fall to the wayside, thinking that he'd always have enough time.
* HairTriggerTemper: Mark doesn't have much patience, and ruins Thanksgiving by exploding in anger when his father tells him to watch his language.
* HarmfulToMinors: Mark sees no problem with showing his kids violent films targeted to adults or letting them spend the night sleeping in the editing room so that he can work.
* HairTriggerTemper: Mark doesn't have much patience, and ruins Thanksgiving by exploding in anger when his father tells him to watch his language.
* HarmfulToMinors: Mark sees no problem with showing his kids violent films targeted to adults or letting them spend the night sleeping in the editing room so that he can work.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Mark's worst nightmare is the idea of being normal, having a stable career, and living a "sterile" life. During his tantrum at Thanksgiving, he derides his mother's calm and placid lifestyle to her face, declaring that he'll never be the same way.
* ItsAllAboutMe: This is Mark's project, and he's not very interested in taking any criticism or ideas about it. He even pushes back on the reality that he's mispronouncing "Coven." Somewhat justified in that most directors are self-centered by necessity.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: There's a brief conflict between Joan, Mark's current girlfriend and crew worker, and his ex-wife and the mother of his children, which causes both to blow up at him and storm off. Mark's mother comments that it's a problem that will probably never be resolved.
* ItsAllAboutMe: This is Mark's project, and he's not very interested in taking any criticism or ideas about it. He even pushes back on the reality that he's mispronouncing "Coven." Somewhat justified in that most directors are self-centered by necessity.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: There's a brief conflict between Joan, Mark's current girlfriend and crew worker, and his ex-wife and the mother of his children, which causes both to blow up at him and storm off. Mark's mother comments that it's a problem that will probably never be resolved.
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* SirSwearsALot: Mark. Even his kids start to pick up on it, which obviously doesn't concern Mark.
* UnclePennybags: Mark's uncle finances the film, since Mark himself is so broke and debt-ridden that Mike confides in the camera crew that he won't even tell Mark that he won $50 in scratch-offs because Mark will just ask him for money. Given that Bill is halfway to senile, some might view this as FinancialAbuse.
* UndyingLoyalty: Mike is one of Mark's closest friends and asserts that he's happy to work on these movies because it's Mark's passion, and he'll always support him.
* UnclePennybags: Mark's uncle finances the film, since Mark himself is so broke and debt-ridden that Mike confides in the camera crew that he won't even tell Mark that he won $50 in scratch-offs because Mark will just ask him for money. Given that Bill is halfway to senile, some might view this as FinancialAbuse.
* UndyingLoyalty: Mike is one of Mark's closest friends and asserts that he's happy to work on these movies because it's Mark's passion, and he'll always support him.
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* AmericanTitle: A parody Meant to invoke that an average American guy trying to get his dream of the trendmaking a movie made across.
