![]() ![]() Gibney said Assange had asked him to report what other interview subjects in the documentary were saying about him, something he found to be 'highly ironic.' I didn't inquire what market that was,' Gibney said with a laugh. ![]() 'He mentioned that the market rate for an interview with him was a million dollars. I think he took some offense at the idea that I was independent,' Gibney said, adding that Assange had, at one point, asked to be paid for participating. 'He likens himself as the puppet master, the one who's pulling the strings on the media. When Gibney decided to film the documentary without Assange's participation, he said the WikiLeaks founder did not take the news well. However, whenever Assange felt the conversation was becoming an official interview, Gibney said he became unwilling to 'give me the kind of honest reflections that would have been so important (to the film),' likening him to a 'human soap box.' 'If you catch him in unguarded moments, he can be terribly charming, self-deprecating and a really engaging human being,' Gibney told Reuters. To tell the story of WikiLeaks, Gibney sought to interview Assange but found the elusive Australian difficult to persuade, eventually deciding to film without him.īut the filmmaker spoke to Assange several times off camera, and said he came to form a picture of a complex character. Oscar winning director Alex Gibney appears to have upset the WikiLeaks founder ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |