Ever wonder who'd camp overnight for a plastic Spock figure? Meet your people.
Crashing the Con is a documentary on San Diego Comic-Con 2008, and more importantly, a profile on the various types of people whom attend and exhibit at it every year. Told through a series of humorous stories and interviews, we explore what makes these individuals tick and why they travel from around the globe to attend this convention every year.
Production
Raw 2008 footage captures pre-MCU con culture before Disney took over.
Editing
Juggles multiple obsessive subcultures without mocking its subjects.
Director
Douglas Thigpen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot right before the 2009 Disney acquisition of Marvel changed con culture forever—this is the last glimpse of a smaller, weirder era.
Director Douglas Thigpen was himself a vendor at SDCC for years, explaining the unusually sympathetic lens on dealer room drama.
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