… not the worst to be mentioned in this documentation arte aires in two sequences or to be listed in this exhibiton which initiated obviously the extended arte docu. The film starts around the early Leonard Cohen’s novel with the same title and then collects from various fields like music, art, etc… whatever could be fitted into the category of a beautiful loser.
The name giving american show meanwhile is travelling on from Milano to France.

The greatest cultural accomplishments in history have never been the result of the brainstorms of marketing men, corporate focus groups, or any homogenized methods; they have always happened organically. More often than not, these manifestations have been the result of a few like-minded people coming together to create something new and original for no other purpose than a common love of doing it. .. from the catalogue description

further links:
interview with Aaron Rose
movie (from exhibition page)