PAINTING THE TOWN U.S.A. Independent Cinema - Non-Fiction

This witty and engrossing documentary reveals Richard Osterweii’s fascinating double life for the past eighteen years this New York painter has been crashing thousand dollar-aplate dinners, celebrity funerals, and hi Qi’! society parties while driving a cab during the day, earning just enough to pay for painting supplies and food. Filmmakers Sara Sackner and Andrew Behar interview Osterweil in a casual, unobtrusive manner, trusting in his natural ability to charm the listener with intriguing gossip and humorous tales of mingling with Grace Kelly, Katherine Hepburn, Judy Peabody and others among the rich and famous. -Deborah McCrae