Overnight or just plain over? A few years back, up-and-coming film maker Troy Duffy caused quite the stir when his screenplay Boondock Saints caused bidding wars among various movie studios. The project was originally secured by Miramax Pictures, but before long, the film was mired in turnaround.

Mark Brian Smith and Tony Montana first got involved with Troy Duffy through a rock group that Duffy and his brother put together called The Boondock Saints. Soon, they became the group's management team. While performing all managerial duties, Smith and Montana decided they would document Duffy's quick rise to fame in film and music, through interviews and daily video footage. Little did they know, they would capture the rise and fall of a truly charismatic, but egomaniacal individual, who seemed hell bent on alienating everyone around him in the name of self-aggrandizement. After several years in the making, this footage has been edited together in the form of Overnight, a fascinating look into the world of egomania and the power of celebrity.

Duffy is the perfect subject for a documentary and when you see this movie, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. We never really get a sense of who this man was before Miramax chairman Harvey Weinstein struck up a deal with him, but we certainly know who he is by the end.

Overnight is a brutal, no holds barred look at how blinded a man can become by his own self-importance, but it's also wickedly funny. I loved the balance in this picture. During moments of this movie, I actually applauded Duffy's shrewd business sensibility, but then in most he came across as a selfish, egocentric prick.

In the early goings on, Overnight seemed liked the ultimate revenge project - a way for Smith and Montana to get back at Duffy for shitting on them. But as the film progressed, it became something much deeper, and upon speaking to the film-makers after the film, it was completely clear that these guys did have admiration for Duffy in the beginning. They recognized that this guy had talent. Unfortunately, power and money can take a strong hold on certain people, and Duffy is one of those people. Halfway through the film making process, Duffy even has the nerve to try and bite the hand that feeds him, and if you have any knowledge of the Weinsteins, you know that that's a big no-no.

Some might argue that Duffy's behavior and unwillingness to compromise is no different than some the actions taken by Weinstein in his own career. Of course the big difference is that Weinstein has paid his dues. He's been around the block a few times. Duffy, while extremely talented, was new to the game and because he thought he was hot shit, he got burned.

And while I never really got the sense that this guy actually has a love for film, he is certainly a highly energetic individual, and extremely driven to boot. While his Boondock Saints was released, it tanked and many attribute that to Duffy's obnoxious people skills as well as Harvey Weinstein's pull in the industry. It should also be noted that the film did do very well on video and DVD.

It was recently reported that Duffy wrote a sequel to Boondock Saints, and is currently trying to get the project off the ground. It's safe to say that Miramax won't be green-lighting it.

Like Chris Smith's American Movie, Overnight features an individual who will do just about anything to get his movie made, only here, the director pisses off all the ones he loves in the process.

Smith and Montana have painted an intimate portrait that is actually far more compelling than Boondock Saints itself. I really hope they get a distribution deal. This was one of the most riveting movies I saw at the festival.