Monday, September 9, 2019

Untouchable (2019)

Untouchable (2019): directed by Ursula Macfarlane: Harrowing, revelatory documentary on disgraced Hollywood powerhouse Harvey Weinstein's decades of predatory behaviour before revelations started to come out in articles in the New York Times and the New Yorker. 

Weinstein's alleged behaviour included alleged rapes, sexual assaults, and various forms of 'retribution' aimed at any and all whom he viewed as having offended him or denied him in any way. Employees, victims, and journalists testify to Weinstein's malevolence and his power in the film industry and the larger culture. 

Untouchable actually made me think of a book on the Manson murders I'm reading right now in which the author notes that the standard construction of the Manson murders as having marked the end of Hollywood's "innocence" is complete crap: Hollywood isn't, wasn't, and never was "innocent." The list of Weinstein's enablers is a Who's Who of Hollywood Elite. Hey, Roman Polanski just won a major award at Cannes! Maybe it's not Hollywood. Maybe it's just everything. Highly recommended.