Louis Theroux

must say i think louis is to documentaries as the sun is to newspapers, simplistic and doesnt discover the underlying cause of the problem

like i said, him staying silent and allowing others make themselves sound stupid is not a style i like. its sensationalist and not my cup of tea

It's on BBC2 again now, started at 11.20!!

Edited by BigPodge - 04 Apr 2011 at 5:39pm

Saint Tom wrote: like i said, him staying silent and allowing others make themselves sound stupid is not a style i like. its sensationalist and not my cup of tea   give me the type of documentary where i learn something new, or experience a different perspective on something rather than louis bigging up neo nazis in la, gangsters in philidelphia or rednecks in westboro and playing the fool knowing those who we know are not the full shilling anyway making tits of themselves

f**kin hell Tom!  You are being a bit silly here.  YOu think Louis style - and it is a much-practised style - of staying silent is 'sensationalist'.  How the f**k do you work that out? 

Louis is the master at letting the person he is documenting tell teh story, you aren't getting his view on it, you are getting the real view from teh people you want a view of.....that's why he is a genius.

Watch great interviewers such as Gay Byrne and Michael Parkinson....when they interview a person they let the person do the taling....we - as viewers - don't want the interviewers opinion or view - we only wanna hear from teh person being interviewed!

I don't get your opinion of Luois at all I'm afraid - I think he's head and shoulders above anyone I have ever seen carrying out these dorts of documentaries.....

And if you think Louis has 'bigged up' Neo Nazis or anyne he has interviewed then I suggest you re-watch all of his work.  I've never seen him 'big up' anyone in any circumstance ever!

Siralex wrote: The Q Man wrote: Siralex wrote: Louis is teh best broadcast journalist I've ever seen.  Love everything he has done!  I have his Weird Weekend Box-set and I highly recommend it - it's only about €8 in HMV at the moment.  He's the best at getting people to fall over their words without even following up with questions.  I wudda liked him to be a bit more confrotational last night - but I guess that's not his job. There is a Keith Allen interview with this 'church' that was filmed a about 5-6 years ago that is much more confrontational....he found out the main woman had an illigitamte son and went at her with it!  Funny - although Keith Allen is a prick! My fave Lious is the Nazi's one - he's outstanding! http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3361677/Louis-Theroux-Collection/Product.html?searchtype=r2alldvd&searchsource=0&searchstring=louis+theroux&urlrefer=search&strefer=r2alldvd&searchfilters=s%7blouis+theroux%7d%2bc%7b57%7d%2b   here sir elton is this the one you bought? That's the baby baby!  I think it's a couple quid cheaper in HMV - I definitely recommend it!

All his documentaries are on Netflix now.

He's very good and pretty fair when the dealing with some pretty extreme groups of people.

That paedophile mental hospital episode was very interesting.

enjoy his docs. If u haven't already check out his weekend with Paul Daniels and then the one in pursuit of whacko jacko.

Ya I'll check those out too.

Just watching the Philadelphia gun crime one.

I definitely prefer him to Ross Kemp. Kemp just comes across like he's playing up to the camera at times. A little bit too fake where Theroux seems like a decent auld skin.

reddladd wrote: Theroux is a far more intelligent interviewer. The stuff he gets people to say on camera is brilliantly done.

What's good is that he's not out to do a hatchet job but will still subtlety challenge them on their viewpoints.