Once again, this month has afforded me the opportunity to wax philosophical on two of my favorite filmmakers ever to pick up a camera and point it at a subject close to their hearts: The legendary Louis Malle and the man behind cult-classic in the making “Johnny Berlin,” filmmaker Dominic DeJoseph, who has just wrapped up his rough cut of the much anticipated sequel “Johnny Berlin 2: Notes From the Dumpster.” Not unlike Errol Morris before him, Dominic has a real knack for the chronicling of quirk, and in Johnny “Berlin” Hyrns, he’s hit upon one of the more unique and fascinating protagonists to grace the medium since the Maysles captured the two Edies bickering in their decaying mansion way back when. I should have my full write up of Johnny 2 on the documentarychannel.com homepage sometime next week. This is, no doubt, the sort of work that we can expect from Dominic his whole career, and it’s definitely given me cause to breathe a sigh of relief that my beloved documentary medium is in good hands. Renaissance man that he is, I’m sure it won’t be too terribly long before Dominic sets his sights on the world of narrative filmmaking again as well (something I’m also very much looking forward to). It’s been a real pleasure to sit back and watch new viewers discover the simple pleasures of Dominic’s first “Johnny Berlin,” a film that proves that a simple subject and a unique point of view are all you really need to craft a memorable film. Also, there is the winning and frequently hilarious combination of existential angst and genuine hopefulness, two great tastes that I personally never would have thought tasted so good together. Thankfully Dominic has proven me otherwise. So please tune in and check out “Johnny Berlin” and the DOC exclusive premiere of its sequel “Johnny Berlin 2: Notes From the Dumpster” and bask in the many splendors of a true documentary hero, a man who is in his own words “semi happy (he imagines).