The Painter and the Thief (2020)
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We are beginning to see documentaries about YouTube fame (The American Meme), the dark side of influencing (Fake Famous), and the burnout of the gig economy (The Workers Cup, about laborers building World Cup stadiums). The next wave of these docs won't be about movie stars; it will be about algorithm slaves. The Painter and the Thief (2020)
We love movies and music because they provide escape. The entertainment industry documentary ruins that magic—and we love it even more for it. Docs like Light & Magic (about Industrial Light & Magic) show us that Yoda was a puppet with a hand up his butt, but they replace the magic of fantasy with the magic of ingenuity. We trade childish wonder for adult respect. Seeing a model maker sweat over a tiny spaceship for six months is, somehow, more inspiring than the spaceship itself. As we look ahead, the definition of the
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence (2023)