Alex Gibney
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first heard Sep 2024
last heard 27 Mar
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Yeah, well, you can see how religion's being weaponized now as we see what's happening with anti-Semitism, you know, and how it's basically trying to be used to destroy something called habeas corpus, which is the very foundation of the rule of law. But I also think that the other, you know—
There's an interesting character in the film, this guy, Reverend Bob Schenk, who's an evangelical minister. And he was a very radical anti-abortion activist who was literally, you know, carrying fetuses to.
He definitely was close to that. But anyway, they want to infiltrate the Supreme Court ultimately. And so he has that phrase, the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous. And he says, we'll baptize the billionaire's money. We can do that. You know, it sort of reminds you of the indulgences of the Catholic Church from way back in the day.
So this weird corruption of religion, because, you know, evangelical Christians end up supporting somebody like Donald Trump, who, you know, would otherwise be anathema to everything that evangelical Christians do.
but he is the sinner that's going to take them to the promised land but they become corrupt and and in the in the meantime the the billionaires become sanctified so it was a good deal and it ended up in you know what our contention the argument in the film is that it ends up effectively corrupting the supreme court have you thought about the fact that right now it feels like the
Yeah, I think it's I mean, in a way, it's worse than that, though. I think we're we're seeing a reckoning now. You know, money is the one way you can avoid reckoning with ethical issues. You know, you can buy your way out of it. Love to clean up the river that we've been polluting for the last 20 years. But, you know, I have a fiduciary responsibility to my shareholders. Right. Yeah.
But, OK, let's look what's happening recently as Donald Trump has been going after the big law firms. And some have been resisting for the very best ethical reasons relating fundamentally to the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.
Um, but of course, amendment right to counsel, you know, things like that, you know, the fundamental rights, uh, of the rule of law, you know, that in theory, every, everyone's equal under the law. That's what, that's what it says on the front, you know, at the front of the Supreme court. Um, but, uh, but they cave, uh, And they diminish themselves massively because of the money.
It's like, well, we have a fiduciary responsibility to the firm. Well, screw.
That's right. Well, that's what Columbia found out, to switch from law firms to universities. Columbia found that out right quick.
Sarah, just because they want to pursue a merger or other financial interests. But at some point, we all have to realize that we're citizens of a country that's supposed to stand for something. And unless we stand for it, it's not going to be here anymore. Because then it's just about the money. If it's just about the money, then we're a mob state. We're Al Capone's Chicago.
Well, I mean, I do think it's about the story. You know, I remember talking with Bethany McLean, who was the co-author of Smartest Guys in the Room when we were doing the Enron doc. We were going on the PR tour and the joke, which, I mean, it wasn't a joke, but the line that we would use every step of the way was, it wasn't about the numbers. It was about the people.
What made that story interesting were the characters. And, you know, there are a lot of issues that may be good and very important as issues, but may not lend themselves to a story. So first thing is, is there a good story? And then how do you tell that story in a way that is compelling to somebody who doesn't care at all about the issue? Right.
That's really the trick.
And I have no apologies about the idea that I think Ohio Confidential is a movie. You know, I do, too. It's patterned after Sunset Boulevard. You know, it's it's it's, you know, Michael Imperioli plays the character of Neil Clark. So, you know, I think it's because. Because you've got a lot of, you know, for people at home, they've got a lot of choices.
Like they can fire up, you know, whatever movie it is that they want to see or they can look at a doc. And in a way, that's your competition. But it's also a compelling reason to tell a story. I mean, the best nonfiction books read as compellingly as a novel because they pay attention to character and plot and narrative momentum.
I agree. Yeah, it's the story that matters. And that's how we learn. We learn with stories. You know, that's how we retain information.
Well, believe it or not, for the last two years prior to the election, I was working on a documentary on Elon Musk. And so now that is my brief has been expanded. It will get longer and I'm continuing to work on it.
No. It sounds like what you'd come up with.
The Legion of Children, right, yeah.
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