Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam

Broomfield is uniquely open in revealing the processes behind not only his films' constructions, but the manipulation of people and events to his own benefit. His journalistic skills are shown in the kind of interactions now very rare: watch here his less-than-good-faith feints searching for cracks in the principals' contradictory stories. He offers no overripe Moorean snark in handing over cash for comment, merely shows the act and lets the audience provide the punchline (my best? Daryl Gates).

The people interviewed contradict each others' accounts so much that I don't understand what all went down. I doubt that anyone else understands, either. What I can say is that this is a quite fascinating nonfiction portrait of a group of people who came from privileged backgrounds, have all kinds of money, and are some of the most screwed-up people you'll ever be glad not to know. How the flighty have fallen

An insight into the lives of some crazy people. Probably Broomfield's best documentary.

If someone told me this wasn't a doc but instead an experimental neo-noir with a doc style, I'm not sure I wouldn't believe them. While trying to piece together the facts about how a high class prostitution ring works is an interesting part of the film, the biggest part is marveling at the things these people say and how they say them. At times they're brutally honest, at others ridiculously coy, and sometimes they just make shit up. It's a fascinating world full of strange broken people.