Louis Theroux's BBC Two specials

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

Louis Theroux explores American subcultures in these feature-length documentaries. He looks at sex workers in a Nevada brothel and critiques the world of plastic surgery, among other topics.

observationalthoughtfulserioussympatheticcriticalinvestigativeprobingquietly intense

What happens

In these first special programmes (2003), Louis Theroux returned to American themes, working at feature-length, this time with a more serious tone than in his earlier Weird Weekends work. For example, Louis and the Brothel takes a sympathetic look at the sex workers working at a legal brothel in Nevada whereas Under the Knife takes a more critical look at the world of plastic surgery. Other programmes cover a wide variety of topics including law and disorder and Nazis. In March 2006, Theroux signed a deal with the BBC to produce ten films over the course of three years. In February 2009, a new contract came into force which guaranteed him another ten hour-long documentaries with the BBC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Twilight of the Porn Stars (2012)
• Louis Theroux: Altered States (2018)
• Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998)
• Louis and the Brothel (2003)
• When Louis Met... (2000)
• Louis Theroux Interviews (2022)
• My Scientology Movie (2015)
• Living with Louis (2002)