Review: Hot Docs 2019: Assholes: A Theory
A quirky and unique documentary with its tongue firmly in cheek (solidified by the presence of John Cleese), Assholes: A Theory is quite literally a study of the personality trait of being an asshole....
A quirky and unique documentary with its tongue firmly in cheek (solidified by the presence of John Cleese), Assholes: A Theory is quite literally a study of the personality trait of being an asshole....
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Assholes: A Theory has been selected by The Star as one of the hottest picks for Hot Docs....
Assholes: A Theory is one of several offerings that could be worth a look at the 26th Hot Docs International Documentary Festival....
Using Aaron James’s 2012 book as a jumping-off point, Walker builds a mostly serious look at the preponderance of privileged, entitled jerks who bully their way to positions of dominance in Western society....
A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FROM JOHN WALKER
A JOHN WALKER PRODUCTION IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA IN ASSOCIATION WITH DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL
CINEMATOGRAPHER PAUL MCCURDY EDITOR JEFF WARREN COMPOSER SANDY MOORE SOUND DESIGNER ALEX SALTER ANIMATOR RON MCDOUGALL LOCATION SOUND JIM RILLIE PRODUCERS ANN BERNIER ANNETTE CLARKE JOHN WALKER WRITTEN BY JOHN WALKER ROBERT SANDLER DIRECTED & NARRATED BY JOHN WALKER
A John Walker Production in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada in association with documentary Channel and Canada Media Fund, with the assistance of the Government of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Film & Television Production Incentive Fund, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program, Rogers Telefund and The Canadian Film or Video Film Tax Credit and developed with the assistance of Superchannel