Fraser forbids Theroux from filming her, even though she arrives armed with her own cameraman.
The two lock horns verbally, each demanding that the other cease recording.
The effect is hilarious while also deeply unnervingand buoyed by Therouxs amazing calm in the face of absurdity.
Gigantic prison-style floodlights illuminate all around him and he quips, Thats quite helpful actually.
Floodlights arent so scary when youre a documentarian.
His approach is shaggy and disarming, and quite deceptively so.
In a shorter role, an actor named Rob Alter plays Tom Cruise.
Even in straight dramas, youre not likely to see a scene as live-wire and treacherous as this one.
(Despite witness testimony, the church denies this recreated event ever took place.)
Which was an insight missing in Alex Gibneys adaptation of Lawrence Wrights book,Going Clear.
That is deeply uninteresting as journalism.
and his low-key approach yields honest moments of insight about the complexities of confronting another persons faith.
His conclusions about the power of doctrine are, ironically, transcendent.
And for its imagination and open-mindedness,My Scientology Movieis one of the best documentaries of the year.
