+Paul Philipson That's part of the recipe that makes Louis so masterful at what he does. Asks complex questions in very accessible ways, puts (sometimes potentially dangerous) assholes at ease, never gets his feathers visibly ruffled, and injects effortless levity into the most stressful situations imaginable.
Love when he turns the tables on the Scientology camera guy and starts coming towards him with his camera phone. I lost it when he asked "Are you making a documentary as well?" Louis trolls so good.
lavivadaloco right, it was only released this month it turns out legally, so just give it a few weeks. in the mean time, download and watch the "going clear" documentary.
I am very grateful to Louis Theroux for the work he does, and I think it was a sad mistake for the Church of Scientology to not embrace the opportunity and have an open conversation. This really just leaves us more safe to say: This organisation is not truthful, and it has a lot to hide.
Did anyone catch who's being referred to as having said "Fuck you" to Louis ? The interviewer asks a question about him straight after they discuss Marty Rathbun, and I can't understand the guy for a few seconds...
Louis is just the best. He has done some of the best investigative documentaries ever. He is so polite and mild mannered that he lulls his subjects into a false sense of security and is always respectful when asking hard questions. The Jimmy Savile doc shows how foul he was, which many people were oblivious of. I didn't like Savile before the truth came out because he was never real. His enablers should be prosecuted or at least outed. Can't wait for this.
Because James Corden has licked so many asses from all the way up, you would be able to smell the shit on his breath if you seen him from 20 yards in the street.
Onmysheet lol he's a funny guy sometimes, but it shocks me how HE has made it big in the US, when the UK has plenty of far better comedians/presenters. He must have licked the devils bumhole or something.
+LittleVillage24 Scientology can not be compared to other "religions". Hubbard didn't even intend for it to be a "religion" originally, he only "explored the religion angle" for financial and legal benefit. Scientology is a breed of its own and far more sinister than many can imagine.
I'm very happy that Louis Theroux is back! He's an amanzing man. Hopefully through this doco and with help of podcasts like the JRE, he will become popular in the states.
Agreed. For a film that was released last year, it's unusual that it isn't available anywhere. I look forward to seeing the film some day. I like Louis a lot. He is one of a kind and extremely good at what he does. The scene where Louis is filming the man filming him and asking if he is in a film is positively Kaffaesque. Brilliantly handled.
Weird weekends was his best work, they were great. This film seems to be more along those lines than his more recent work and I'm glad. I don't know if you've seen his recent work - it's what I'd call 'easy to make' documentaries about mental illness/drug addiction etc which his style of film making is really lost on.
The Scientology episode feels like a follow on from Weird Weekends, yet all recent episodes have been lauded as 'more mature' by some media critics. With scientology, it may suddenly become a mature issue when you have many lawyers on your back watching and waiting - so I suppose it's a mix of both worlds. Everything he has covered before from his previous Weird Weekends and some specials thereafter was completely serious to the oddball cults and believers. The wiki has the most recent episode (A Different Brain) as episode 27 of these bbc2 specials, with the first from 2003. Reading that episode list, I suppose the topics have become more serious as the years have gone by. Whether the serious truly outweighs the odd on what can be covered in the real world is hard to tell. I'm not sure if a new Weird Weekends series could really happen. Serious topics may appeal more to the general public rather than his own cult following of believers ;) but I agree that his laid back method of interrogation is best suited to what is out of the ordinary
Ik kende dit interview van de VPRO nog helemaal niet. Heel nice dat ik het opeens vind. Dank algoritme haha. Thanks voor het uploaden/maken van dt interview.
I'm so interested in seeing this. Not only because of the subject matter, but really to see how this turns out with using actors and reinactments which is something he's never really done before. I just hate it that noone has any idea when we will get to see this!
Louis is by far britains best doc maker and he's not on tv here in the uk enough,is this coming on the BBC or is it cinema release as I need to see it!!!
Louis Theroux is SO good, love him. This interview is so good. He's so intelligent, funny + good at his job, + says funny things with a completely straight face! Well done Louis, you're doing a great job X
Louis Theroux is a genius and his documentaries he has made thus far with his team new and old will stand the test of time. I can't wait to see this new documentary.
I thought I saw Louis on the subway in LA maybe it wasn't him. Did everyone see that video that the dude broke down Louis style titled "How Louis Theroux Asks A Question | Ryan's Theory" check it out it's epic.
Great interview ! Can't wait to see this. Many Scientologists are leaving. Leah Remini's Book has really exposed them on many levels, on a very personal level.
Louis Theroux is one of my favorite humans. I have watched every single one of his documentaries, some more than once, and he's just a genuine intelligent passionate and humbled human being. One scene that sticks out the most is during the _Louis Theroux and the Nazis_ doc. He's invited to a straight up unabashed unrepentant Nazi/AB/Skinhead whatever the fuck parasites house and the guy is desperately trying to get him to answer whether or not he's Jewish. Theroux, demonstrating tact and humility simply says, and I'm paraphrasing, _I don't think that matters, for me to answer would give it some importance_ (in this context) ... desperately trying, in return, to find the humanity in this guy; the one single place where they could relate and disregard all the arbitrarily created categories we use to distinguish one another often used as a means of oppression or to justify harm. He's one of the few people alive today I'd love to have long conversation with about life.
Louie is already a badass, imagine if he were also a black belt in Karate and Jiujitsu or something, and carried that extra "I could finish you all with my hands if you ever touched me" confidence.
Are you making a dokumentry as well , what is yours? Newer seen loui being scary but the way he said that was like somthing out of a horror movie . LOL
Massive huge respect for Louis for having the balls to put out to the world the psychosis that is Scientology.. The hypocritical thing about the trespassing is that Scientology does trespass on the lives of ex members and their families so then Why should anyone have respect for their privacy?
The question is, are they going to release the footage they shot recreating those inside scenes or what ? the ones they made the casts for in the first place ? because after watching this, it looked very incomplete for me ..
I have no words available to me which would correctly convey the depth of desire I have to see Louis Theroux' film, "My Scientology Movie". I cannot locate a copy of it which would be playable via North American (Canadian specifically) viewing signals----any suggestions? Though tbh, I am scared of illegal viewings via Torrents, etc. Otherwise...please could you advise me how to view or buy Theroux's MSM legally?
