This documentary is a very compelling and surreal glimpse at the narcissistic and eccentric (former) dictator of Iraq. The movie has a narrow scope. If you watch with an expectation that you will come away with a better understanding of the Iraqi people and their plight, you will be somewhat disappointed. It simply tries to convey the unbridled ego, callous brutality, and campy, over-the-top style around which this sadistic tyrants world revolves.
It shows, in part, what can happen when you couple paranoia and absence of personal and financial limits. My mouth was left hanging open through most of the film. I am not going to give any spoilers but the `art' museum and its curator is unbelievable. And describing his family as dysfunctional is the epitome of understatement. It is like crossing the Manson family, Deliverance, and Julius Caesar and adding a healthy dose of crystal meth.
It is amazing that the director got the footage he did considering the lengths he went to get what he got. I wish there were more but in some regard I am not certain I could have taken more in one sitting.
This is a must see. Evidence that this kind of evil must not be allowed to exist. It would be funny if it were not so horribly true.
It shows, in part, what can happen when you couple paranoia and absence of personal and financial limits. My mouth was left hanging open through most of the film. I am not going to give any spoilers but the `art' museum and its curator is unbelievable. And describing his family as dysfunctional is the epitome of understatement. It is like crossing the Manson family, Deliverance, and Julius Caesar and adding a healthy dose of crystal meth.
It is amazing that the director got the footage he did considering the lengths he went to get what he got. I wish there were more but in some regard I am not certain I could have taken more in one sitting.
This is a must see. Evidence that this kind of evil must not be allowed to exist. It would be funny if it were not so horribly true.