I got a copy of Playing Columbine in the mail upon my return from the Northeast, autographed by the gnomish wizard himself. I have to say, the final cut is taut and not too long, and the extras are pretty solid.
Full disclosure: I'm in the movie, I helped Danny make parts of it, and I also lit the fuse on the game back in '06. I also gave Danny feedback on the successive cuts of the film as he was editing. However, I have no financial stake in it, and while you can make some criticisms of it (a guy making a movie about himself making a game seems like Being John Malkovich squared in terms of meta-self-indulgence, and males make up 85% of the cast) I think it came together well. I also think it's the best documentary on games yet made, better than Moral Kombat, better than that CBS-News style one whose name I forget. While those are decent things to show to your non-gamer parents/girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse/friends to educate them about the emerging significance of this art form, as an already educated gamer you'll likely be turned off by the Soccer Mom aesthetic that plagues such films. Playing Columbine, however, is a nice balance between a celebration of the cutting edge of game culture and an introduction to the political, social and moral dynamics of the medium.
