"I realize that documentaries are inherently one-sided, but at least try and hide your bias. I’d rather be skillfully lied to than forced to think what the filmmaker does."
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What was the bias? Everything that you write about was in the documentary, so what was left out that would have changed how people see him.
I don't agree that the film over glorifies Harris. First, it looks like the guy did invent reality TV, so some admiration is deserved. Other than that, I can't say the film glorified Harris in any way. For one thing, it starts with the video he sent his dying mother, which I doubt anyone can sympathize with. The part about being the first great artist is obviously just so much undeserved self-aggrandizement, as was his prediction he'd put the television networks out of business. It didn't take much to see that Harris made his (small) fortune basically as an early web pornographer, which was underlined when his girl friend left him after announcing she was NOT going to be his web porno star. It's obvious through the entire film that it was going to end badly. I was pretty sure he was going to commit suicide while being filmed, which didn't happen, but it's still a story of a downward spiral.
I see this not as a glorification, but another one of those films about the brief flash of genius and then self-destruction that was Graham Parsons, or Townes Van Zandt. (Both of whom had 100 times the talent of Harris.)
I agree with you michaelingp. I don't think this movie was glorifying Josh Harris at all! If it was we wouldn't have seen the crazy interrogation room or the kid living in the Quiet community or the bad moments with Josh and his girlfriend.
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