Louis Theroux

splashthecash · 08-03-2010 7:15pm #1

This guy from the BBC has done loads of hour long documenting various social topics such as porn, UFOs, wrestling, Nazis, the list goes on.

A lot of his stuff is lighthearted enough but he has a fantastic way of presenting himslef in a non-confrontational & innocent way which lulls a lot of his subjects into opening up much more than they would be to someone who is presenting a pompous documentary. So much so in fact that a lot of the times the subject is so at ease with Louis that their ignorance & predijuce comes to the top for all to see. Excellent viewing all the time

scudzilla · 08-03-2010 7:18pm

Some of his docu's have been awesome, my favourite, but by far the most disturbing, was when he went to stay with the KKK/Nazi's, that was some freaky shit. Another good one is Louis at the Brothel

kinkstr · 15-03-2010 4:01am

Louis in the brothel was a great documentary, think ive seen nearly all of his stuff by now, always an enjoyable watch no matter what hes up to, the vegas and philideliphia episodes are 2 of my favourites.

MeerKat17 · 20-03-2010 3:38am

I love Louis, did you see the one where he tried to get an interview with Michael Jackson and was refused, but they agreed to be interviewed by Martin Bashir like a week later?!

argosy2006 · 20-03-2010 3:47am

MeerKat17 wrote: »

I love Louis, did you see the one where he tried to get an interview with Michael Jackson and was refused, but they agreed to be interviewed by Martin Bashir like a week later?!

ouch,,
that would have been a better interview than the one michael ended up with,, the one sided martin bashir, ruined michaels life

BaZmO* · 22-03-2010 5:36pm

argosy2006 wrote: »

the one sided martin bashir, ruined michaels life

No, sleeping with young boys (be it in a sexual nature or not) ruined Michael's life.

JohnMearsheimer · 01-04-2010 11:56pm

I really love Louis. A lot of his stuff is offbeat and quirky but its really interesting and can be really funny. His Weird Weekends series was great, I loved the wrestling one. His specials on San Quentin, Westboro Baptist Church were fantastic too. The one he did at Coalinga was disturbing, most of those guys he interviewed didn't seem to understand what they had done wrong. Chilling.

greenie · 05-04-2010 1:18am

I love him too...I just wish he was on more often. The Baptist series was great. I just can't believe those people, I really have no words for them...and to brainwash their kids at such a young age..I felt sorry for the young girl, I think Louis did too..so pretty yet no friends & no life. Will probably be forced to marry one of the 'members' of the church & go on to raise her own little family of haters. I don't get how they think it's right to picket dead soldiers' funerals with signs saying they're going to hell & they deserved to die

I saw that family on a really old Jeremy Kyle show recently..same rubbish they were preaching.
Louis is great at handling all that baloney:)

argosy2006 · 06-04-2010 1:53am

BaZmO* wrote: »

No, sleeping with young boys (be it in a sexual nature or not) ruined Michael's life.

thats false,,, thats true VVVVVV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iwimKsLJTA

seanybiker · 06-04-2010 1:59am

he does have some good ones, seen the one where he was with the gangster rappers a few days ago. Was hilarious.

arsenallegend · 13-04-2010 10:21am

kinkstr wrote: »

Louis in the brothel was a great documentary, think ive seen nearly all of his stuff by now, always an enjoyable watch no matter what hes up to, the vegas and philideliphia episodes are 2 of my favourites.

i loved the brothel one cause one of the girls actually fell in love with him. But the wresling one was so funny and the Nazi one was scary you could see the fear in his eyes.

bigwormbundoran · 15-04-2010 12:33am

Another one i found to be quality stuff was the one with the Black Nationalists, as with alot of the rest of his subjects alot of them seem to be living in a complete false sense of reality.

On the other side of the spectrum was the boer seperatists which was equally crazy,with the recently murdered Eugene Terre'Blanche featuring heavily, and quite the scumbag he was

JohnMearsheimer · 15-04-2010 1:38am

The one he did on the porn industry was good too. I saw it years ago, I think he even registered with a 'talent' agency for the documentary

. I just bought the Louis Theroux Collection off asda there for a tenner, not bad for 13 hours of documentaries.

arsenallegend · 15-04-2010 1:40am

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

The one he did on the porn industry was good too. I saw it years ago, I think he even registered with a 'talent' agency for the documentary . I just bought the Louis Theroux Collection off asda there for a tenner, not bad for 13 hours of documentaries.

thats a pretty good deal:eek:

JohnMearsheimer · 15-04-2010 1:51am

arsenallegend wrote: »

thats a pretty good deal:eek:

Ya, I thought I wasn't reading the price properly but amazon and sendit have it for around the same price

. I know you can watch some Louis documentaries on the internet but the quality isn't very good smetimes and they are something I would go back and watch again after a while. A helpful reviewer from amazon said the dvd included:

From Weird weekends:

Black nationalism
Head for the hills
Gangsta rap
Porn
South Africa
Swingers
Thai Brides
Wrestling

From When Louis met:

Jimmy Saville
Paul & Debbie Daniels
The Hamiltons
Chris Eubank
Ann Widdecombe

Louis & the Nazis
Louis & the Brothel

Louis' bits from TV Nation

Can't wait for Loius and the Swingers......awkwardness guaranteed I'd say :pac:. The wrestling one was hilarious, Louis said that they weren't really sportsmen/athletes so they excercised him until he threw up!

jonnybadd · 15-04-2010 2:00am

I love this man, his docs are really interesting and totally captivating but I would disagree with the first point of him being non-confrontational. He is confrontational but makes it seems likes hes not, its a really nice skill to see in doc making nowadays, really pushes to get his point across and it works because he is who he is basically.

One thing I really really liked about him is in the neo-nazi episode where they presumed he was Jewish (because of the way he looked) he refused to say whether he was or he wasn't based on principal

JohnMearsheimer · 15-04-2010 2:09am

jonnybadd wrote: »

I love this man, his docs are really interesting and totally captivating but I would disagree with the first point of him being non-confrontational. He is confrontational but makes it seems likes hes not, its a really nice skill to see in doc making nowadays, really pushes to get his point across and it works because he is who he is basically.

One thing I really really liked about him is in the neo-nazi episode where they presumed he was Jewish (because of the way he looked) he refused to say whether he was or he wasn't based on principal

I love his style, its very subtle.

My name is URL · 16-04-2010 10:47pm

A new episode "America's Medicated Kids" is airing this Sunday on BBC2 @ 9PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s56gx

Liam O · 18-04-2010 5:47pm

The 'God Hates Fags' people were absolutely hilarious, it was one of the Wierd Weekends AFAIK

grimm2005 · 18-04-2010 8:15pm

Liam O wrote: »

The 'God Hates Fags' people were absolutely hilarious, it was one of the Wierd Weekends AFAIK

Not in the weird weekends series but one of the current 10 part specials (the last of which airs tonight although he has been commisioned to do more).

But yeah, they were a fairly messed up, deluded bunch!

RayCon · 19-04-2010 4:10pm

My name is URL wrote: »

A new episode "America's Medicated Kids" is airing this Sunday on BBC2 @ 9PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s56gx

Watched it last night ... it was up to it's usual excellent standards - love his documentaries.

Wolf Club · 15-05-2010 3:10pm

The City Addicted to Crystal Meth is very insightful, if a little sad. Louie is his usual passive-yet-aggressive self, being intrusive without coming across badly. It's produced and edited very well, you really would empathise with may of the people interviewed. An informative viewpoint into what is a massively addictive, soul destroying drug.

Bobeagleburger · 15-05-2010 3:17pm

Wolf Club wrote: »

The City Addicted to Crystal Meth is very insightful, if a little sad. Louie is his usual passive-yet-aggressive self, being intrusive without coming across badly. It's produced and edited very well, you really would empathise with may of the people interviewed. An informative viewpoint into what is a massively addictive, soul destroying drug.

That was a fantastic documentary.

Catsmokinpot · 18-06-2010 4:58am

Louis is the man, he has a giant set of balls to be able to do what he does.

The law and disorder series is brilliant not to mention the rest of them, he seems a thoroughly likeable chap.

scudzilla · 18-06-2010 5:37am

I love the way he acts so dumb and innocent (hope they're the right words), but has a brain in his head that'll put most of us to shame.

dlofnep · 22-06-2010 4:34pm

I love his shows.

Kazbah · 22-06-2010 4:39pm

I heart Louis. The Brothel was my fave.

My name is URL · 22-06-2010 4:39pm

There's an upcoming episode but I've no idea when it airs. It's mentioned in an article here - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article7098961.ece

The film that follows Medicated Kids, Law and Disorder in Lagos is an exception, however, and Theroux gets down and dirty with the gangs that have permeated the Nigerian capital’s civic structure. His gentle but persistent questioning of one over-lord, on what his job actually comprises, is truly dangerous television.

he also plans to make a documentary on settlers in Israel as mentioned here - http://www.ask.com/wiki/Louis_Theroux

On April 1st 2010, during an interview to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Theroux announced that one of the upcoming documentaries will be shot in Israel, and will follow the Israeli Settlers. Answering the question "Have you considered making an episode of your show in Israel?", Theroux replied: "More than considered. In 2010 I will make an episode about teenage settlers.

So there's a couple to look forward to

Tabnabs · 22-06-2010 4:48pm

His finest hour was the documentary where he travelled with Ian Paisley in Africa. Paisley kept making Jewish jokes/snide remarks at Louis and fully came across as the bigoted fool that he is.

trotskee · 29-06-2010 5:46pm

Dyflin wrote: »

His finest hour was the documentary where he travelled with Ian Paisley in Africa. Paisley kept making Jewish jokes/snide remarks at Louis and fully came across as the bigoted fool that he is.

+1 that episode really ruined Paisley for me, before hand i viewed him as some sort of a loveable rouge, but now hes just a bigot in my eyes

My name is URL · 29-06-2010 5:55pm

trotskee wrote: »

+1 that episode really ruined Paisley for me, before hand i viewed him as some sort of a loveable rouge, but now hes just a bigot in my eyes

Are you sure that was Louis Theroux and not Jon Ronson?

Louis Theroux

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