As Smart as They Are: The Author Project (2005)
63 min
A documentary film tracing the collaboration between One Ring Zero, the Brooklyn house-band for McSweeney's Publishing, and an ensemble cast of award-winning authors, each of whom contributed original lyrics. Author Myla Goldberg torments guest singer Syd Straw with tongue twisting, five star vocabulary words. Paul Auster riffs on the ills of Cincinatti and the Iraq war. The film's title, in fact, comes from the inspired dialogue of a talking cockroach.
- Release date
- April 23, 2005
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- One Ring Zero
Cast
- Joshua Camp as Self
- Michael Hearst as Self
- Paul Auster as Self
- Rick Moody as Self
- Jonathan Lethem as Self
- Dave Eggers as Self
- Jonathan Ames as Self
- Myla Goldberg as Self
- Darin Strauss as Self
- Lawrence Krauser as Self
Crew
- Joe Pacheco · Director
- Joe Pacheco · Writer
- Joe Pacheco · Producer
- One Ring Zero · Composer
- Freddy Esposito · Cinematographer
- Jacob Kader · Cinematographer
- Joe Pacheco · Cinematographer
- Joe Pacheco · Editor