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Wow, this film was fascinating, recently shown on HBO. A seemingly endless stream of shocking and bizaare stories. Suprised there isn't already a thread on this. Anyone seen it?
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http://www.cinemablend.com/televisi...entology-Shocks-Startles-Enthralls-70989.html
Going Clear is by no means the first time we’re hearing of hard-to-believe allegations lodged against Scientology, such as tax evasion, abuse of its followers, and intimidation of its critics. Those who’ve read Wright’s book won’t find much of anything new here. But the film does have one obvious though poignant difference: a visual human element. Through a series of interviews with Scientology defectors, we hear and see a well-constructed narrative of life in the Church, which ultimately serves to enhance the overall portraits of the Church’s founder L. Ron Hubbard and his successor David Miscavige.
Marty Rathbun -- formerly the second-highest ranking Church official under Miscavige’s leadership -- uncovers the Church’s more underhanded practices. One of the more egregious confessions is Rathbun’s involvement in the divorce between Scientology’s golden boy, Tom Cruise, and Nicole Kidman. Because Kidman’s father was an active psychologist, a profession which the Church despised, she was considered a threat. After she reportedly tried to pressure Cruise into distancing himself from Miscavige (the Church leader), who served as the best man at Cruise’s wedding, Miscavige took immediate action. Some of Rathbun’s responsibilities, according to his interviews, included tapping Kidman’s phones and “re-educating” her children to turn against her.
It’s possible you have heard the widely reported atrocities and rumors coming out from the Church, but now the group’s actions seem even more sinister and detrimental then ever before, and that’s thanks to Gibney’s expert story telling methods. After watching defectors tell the same stories and break down in tears over their own suffering and the suffering of their children and friends, it’s hard not to grieve for them. And the evidence of Scientology leaders’ heinous crimes are hard to ignore. After watching this film, it’s no wonder the Church is taking such drastic steps in trying to silence these critics. By the time you finish watching Going Clear, you'll be left "clear" and hungry for justice.
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http://www.cinemablend.com/televisi...entology-Shocks-Startles-Enthralls-70989.html
Going Clear is by no means the first time we’re hearing of hard-to-believe allegations lodged against Scientology, such as tax evasion, abuse of its followers, and intimidation of its critics. Those who’ve read Wright’s book won’t find much of anything new here. But the film does have one obvious though poignant difference: a visual human element. Through a series of interviews with Scientology defectors, we hear and see a well-constructed narrative of life in the Church, which ultimately serves to enhance the overall portraits of the Church’s founder L. Ron Hubbard and his successor David Miscavige.
Marty Rathbun -- formerly the second-highest ranking Church official under Miscavige’s leadership -- uncovers the Church’s more underhanded practices. One of the more egregious confessions is Rathbun’s involvement in the divorce between Scientology’s golden boy, Tom Cruise, and Nicole Kidman. Because Kidman’s father was an active psychologist, a profession which the Church despised, she was considered a threat. After she reportedly tried to pressure Cruise into distancing himself from Miscavige (the Church leader), who served as the best man at Cruise’s wedding, Miscavige took immediate action. Some of Rathbun’s responsibilities, according to his interviews, included tapping Kidman’s phones and “re-educating” her children to turn against her.
It’s possible you have heard the widely reported atrocities and rumors coming out from the Church, but now the group’s actions seem even more sinister and detrimental then ever before, and that’s thanks to Gibney’s expert story telling methods. After watching defectors tell the same stories and break down in tears over their own suffering and the suffering of their children and friends, it’s hard not to grieve for them. And the evidence of Scientology leaders’ heinous crimes are hard to ignore. After watching this film, it’s no wonder the Church is taking such drastic steps in trying to silence these critics. By the time you finish watching Going Clear, you'll be left "clear" and hungry for justice.
