# The Feature

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This article is about the 2008 film collaboration. For other uses, see [feature (disambiguation)](/source/Feature_(disambiguation)).

***The Feature*** is a collaboration between filmmakers [Michel Auder](/source/Michel_Auder) and [Andrew Neel](/source/Andrew_Neel).[1] Using a collection of videos that Auder had created over the previous 40 years, in combination with original present-day footage of Auder shot by Neel, the two filmmakers made a feature-length film loosely based on the story of Auder's life.[2]

## Content

Auder created a form of [video diary](/source/Video_diary), starting with his first [Sony](/source/Sony) [Portapak](/source/Portapak) camera in 1969, documenting the people, places, and events in his life, which included marriages to [Viva Superstar](/source/Viva_(Warhol_superstar)) and [Cindy Sherman](/source/Cindy_Sherman), and a loose affiliation with the [Warhol Factory](/source/Warhol_Factory). The film is shot in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), and islands in the [South Pacific](/source/Oceania).

*The Feature* is not a [biographical film](/source/Biographical_film). Although the narrative is linear, footage from various periods in Auder's life is used throughout the film. The story is augmented with satirical sit-down interviews of Auder in the present day, and biographical information (both fictional and real) is integrated into the hyper-theatrical scenes shot by Neel.

## References

1. Lee, Nathan. ["A Life Videotaping Life Has Become a Movie"](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/movies/18feat.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

1. ["Reviews for March 18th, 2009"](http://www.nycmovieguru.com/march18th.html#feature). *The NYC Movie Guru*. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.thefeaturethemovie.com)
- [The Feature](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0991154/) at IMDb

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