There's a magic phrase that instantly shuts scientologists down: "I don't have any money." Sometimes you have to follow it up with "No, not even a little." The poor are not welcome in the realm of scientology.

@poppeyp1083

5 жыл бұрын

They don't like the ill or the very elderly either. Can't pay your way ? Then go away. Seems to be the motto.

@briarrose3687

5 жыл бұрын

poppey potter Exactly. Poor, ill, old. That’s why it takes so long to get to the top level and why they let them ‘escape’ when they do imo. They don’t want you hanging around when you get old and frail. They need able bodied people to work for them and give them money.

@dollymondo

5 жыл бұрын

Apparently they put in mass credit card applications at the same time to increase the chance of acceptance as well as having people working high up within the major credit companies to help get applications through. They've also been known to badger really broke people into pestering non scientology family members for loans :$

@tycobb2580

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@landgabriel

4 жыл бұрын

"Actually if you don't have money, sir, we have plenty of volunteer opportunities. "

what a lovely, humorous, honest, humble man!

what I love about Louis is that he doesn't take himself too seriously

@glockta2910

2 жыл бұрын

thats an act, he does, his arrogamce comes thru sometimes, not often but its there.

Not only is Louis a great story teller , both written & Visual He's also a great listener He knows the questions to ask , when to ask them And when to sit back and listen Definitely my favorite documentary maker / journalist 👏 🙌 👌

Louis is the gold standard of documentary makers but he's so modest about it.

@PAULAMANN

4 жыл бұрын

Adam Curtis is platinum.

@jennymitchell8448

4 жыл бұрын

Jon Ronson too. Louis would agree.

@udednow

3 жыл бұрын

His curiosity seems to trump his ego, hes truly just a guy that has a question and will try to get an answer without making it about him. Its awesome.

@lordaimelord7848

2 жыл бұрын

I was interested to listen..but when he started talking about Trump in a negative way, i quit watching.

@kiekko673

2 жыл бұрын

Because he’s British, not American. In many European countries self praise is almost like embarrassing. (At least that how it used to be). ✌️

Louis Theroux is possibly one of the greatest people living today. He's so knowledgeable, articulate and understanding. He also has a great sense of humour and even after all these years he's still so modest. I'm looking forward to his future work. I hope next year he'll do another mini-series of Weird Weekends to mark the show's 20th anniversary (and to round up the number of episodes to 20).

Loved him ever since TV Nation--Michael Moore deserves credit for discovering and giving a platform to Louis's brilliance right from the start.

@klaytonpeterson1596

3 жыл бұрын

Love ..Micheal Moore..Ralph Nader.....Lois Gibbs ...Mother Jones...all great advocates.....Bodhisattva's ...

Huge Theroux fan - hope to see more of him in the future.

@MattSingh1

7 жыл бұрын

He has three new docs this year.

@leepaul587

2 жыл бұрын

Good for you well I’m a bigger fan than you

@ip2.network39

2 жыл бұрын

@@leepaul587 what a stupid comment ; grow a brain

It’s very refreshing to hear Louis talk about his father’s literary output and writing style. I’ve never seen him talk at length about his dad before.

Bloody good interview DP!

One of the best most interesting trustworthy docu-makers ever !! He creates a unique connection with those he tells a story about because they trust him. If his name is involved in whatever, that stands for quality and honesty !! Fantastic story-teller…..Cheers……….

I adore this guy !! I rarely watch tv but if I do it’s usually documentaries.. how did I miss this humble genius??🤷‍♀️❤️❤️

They could have edited out that cough-snort near the beginning! Poor old Louis!

FYI, it was a John Travolta who had influence over Clinton. Cruise was distanced from Scientology during that 1990s, when he was with Nicole Kidman.

Love Louis' work, and it's good to see a copy of Mother's Milk in the background :)

Louis is not only a great documentary maker, he is also a really nice guy too. I'd love to buy him a pint down the pub and talk about his views on life.

@jennymitchell8448

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you'd have something interesting to tell him too... (Please, I do mean that, but, I'd say the same about me as well...).

love that rhcp album, and actually most of your work! please keep up making journalism of this quality please! We love our docs!

Love him. One of the few people you have interviewed who are actually interesting.

Well God damn, Louis might be the greatest documentarian of our time. What a wonderful interview with our most incredible documentary maker. love you Louis.

I remember discovering Louis around 2003-4.I love his shit.I lost track of him for a few years unfortunately.Now I am checking out his stuff.He is Awesome

love your videos DP!

Ive been wanting to see this for ages

Watched Louis Theroux for years and have huge respect for him.. ✨✌🏼️💛💫😎

I really do love you ! Really enjoy your work!

Thanks for another interesting interview! Your videos should be trending on yt, and not these fake prank videos. Keep up the great work!

I have seen Theroux since he did BBC2 documentaries i think in his twenties. I don't agree with his views on everything but he makes documentaries with BBC quality he has really high standards :) I also love how he tries to tell people's stories. Its really nice to see him being interviewed :) ty for.sharing

Louis is one of the best documentarians/interviewers if not the best.

@michelletetreault6119

4 жыл бұрын

No way!!!

@klaytonpeterson1596

3 жыл бұрын

Currently...my favorite...too..

he had some GREAT scientology pieces that have disappeared since he made "my scientology movie" they actually got much deeper into the church and creepier instances of being followed / harassed by people associated with the 'church'

His Scientology movie was beyond funny ; It was something else ! :-)

@michelletetreault6119

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it sucked. Especially considering Marty had already pulled his BS by that point. And the decision to cast characters was not at all convincing. He could have done better.

You've got to hand it to Louis-his programmes are rather ace.

It's a great Documentary if you don't go into it with "Going Clear" in the back of your mind. Very different style and maybe even trying to tell a different story. Louis's documentary felt a little less about Scientology and what those who left went through and more about the people themselves. Glad to hear he is working on a new tv series and another Docu. I'm a big fan

@Alexdrod

7 жыл бұрын

My Scientology Movie was brilliant. He pushed the buttons of Scientology and sat back and waited for them to behave how he knew they would. It was a really interesting way to film a documentary about a subject that's been heavily covered.

@HeinzArsch

7 жыл бұрын

It also shows why the Tech actually sucks people in.. Everybody always talks about Scientology like it's utter crap.. but people wouldn't come back without some really working value, that very cleverly was put at the beginning to get people hooked.

@dcbsmt

6 жыл бұрын

I saw Going Clear first and I found My Scientology Movie really interesting with regard to Marty because he seems quite different.

I love this man

"Going Clear": Scientology. "Going Diamond": Amway. "Spot the difference" exercise... 1) Cult assimilation techniques. 2)Religion. 3) Charismatic Leadership (to be worshiped, exalted and edified) 4)Money-obsessed. 5) Cognitive Dissonance. 6) Distancing from family. 7)Distancing from societal values. 8)Penalties for leaving the Cult. 9) Mass Rally events (provided at a high cost) 10)Evangelical approach to recruiting. 11)....Why bother? Just see above. A Cult is a Cult is a Cult.... Any further Q's?

@Liam-th4qo

4 жыл бұрын

Primus 777 what

I have missed you!!!!!!

One thing I learned from Paul Theroux is that there is an island of cannibal, perhaps reformed, who call humans 'long pig' because that's what we taste like. And what is the most popular food, by far, on this island? Spam. I never was able to look at spam in the same way again. And I feel conflicted if I learn someone likes or eats Spam....do I tell them cannibals think it tastes like 'long pig'? Thank you, Paul Theroux❤️ Oh, yes, and the island of arsonists was a hilarious story as well.

Why cant I find the actual documentary anywhere 😭

@cazprescott9

2 жыл бұрын

Here it is 😁 kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z3ZruLqzd9DHk6g.html

@lilyflower6096

2 жыл бұрын

Sameee 😒

I'm intellectually in love with L🙃

@jennymitchell8448

4 жыл бұрын

Intellectually, mi culo!

Father Theroux is a wonderful story-teller/travel writer. He is a magnificent writer. On line with people like Kingley Amis. And Louis Jr. is an excellenter story-teller using a different medium.

Any movement that absolutely shuns you and pressures everyone else that you know to disassociate themselves from you just because you don’t think like they do any more is a cult.

Louis PLEASE a docu on the psycho in the mad-house would be great !!!

High-Five's Louis for the 'pirate Joe' sound at 1:13 !

I find myself strangely attracted to Louie Theroux.

@MattGalter

4 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking kinda the same thing lol He's like nerdy cute? Something like that... Seems like he'd be incredibly easy and fun to just chat with

@beebles3

4 жыл бұрын

I can relate!

@sarahdixon6011

4 жыл бұрын

It's not strange thing. It's totally normal, he has universal appeal.

@jennymitchell8448

4 жыл бұрын

How do you mean "strangely"? ! Bloody Hell. He is totally worth having a crush on. I mean... what's not to like?... xx

@elizdonovan5650

4 жыл бұрын

Not strangely. He has an intelligent, inquiring, rational mindset. What’s not to like? 🌲🌝☘️

I'm a simple man, I see Louis, I click.

Mothers Milk was a huge Chilli Pepper record when I was in high school.

Love Louis👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

He's just brilliant.

A very very skilled and smart guy.He uses a soft non threat type of journalism that get ppl to relax and talk..

Louis is very good I missed his BBC show last week on this topic, if anyone has a link please and thanks !!

I think he has The Specials first album behind the RHCP. Cool.

love that beard close up

@mrtambourineman6107

4 жыл бұрын

It's a great beard!

legend

This guy is a walking piece of art

Yes Louis, tell the world.

going clear doc. was great too

I see, (at least I think I see), Louis feeling quite upset and indignant. I in no way mean this in any bad way. It makes me appreciate him even more. Ah! Now he's getting into it. Ah! I saw you two on a later podcast/interview I think. Bloody Hell! There was SUCH a sudden voice/poise change. Wow! I would look up that moment, but I'm too transfixed. It's amazing.

@jennymitchell8448

4 жыл бұрын

Aw. If I got timeline wrong... sorry.

The Eternal Louis

great point about LRH and DJT!

6’ 2” in a compact, no slack, luckily the seats go back

@sundaygirl5

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a nice height.

The man is awesome!

where can i see my scientology story?

My Scientology Movie was an excellent doc, Theroux style is hilarious but effective. :-)

Scientology enroll guy says to me "go get the deed to your house and we'll get started". And I knew him from high School.

The fact that this opens on a copy of Mother's Milk makes me respect Louis infinitely more than I already did.

I thought the documentary was an interesting angle on Scientology. It wasn't a whole lot of stuff I hadn't heard before, but I liked the concept. In it, though, you really get to see a new side of Marty Rathbun. I can see how short his temper is, and the way he talks about his time in Scientology really sounds like bragging. Like "I was the top dog, and I left just to teach Miscavige a lesson". I hadn't thought of it before, but it made sense to me when Louis mused that he seemed like he left when he started to fall out of favor. It seemed to me that Scientology gave him power over people to make their lives hell, and now on the outside he's trying to do the same thing, but to the "church" now. It can't be easy going up against them, so anyone who successfully executes a program or doc against the "church" gets a lot of respect from me!

@williamsheehan3849

7 жыл бұрын

maybememory1 perfectly put mate

Very happy to see this legend on dp - also love the fact i was the 69th like

Louis Theroux is the Ferrero Rocher of documentaries!

@croissantlover1

2 жыл бұрын

omg ferrero

Is his movie online to watch for free???

His father is Paul? Omg. Cannot describe his father's writing in words.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Mothers Milk. Been years since I listened to that album.

Mother's Milk

Never believe anything about ology unless they deny it.

For those of us who don't know about the inner workings of the "church", it was a fascinating documentary. I especially liked watching Rathbun become unhinged when the tables were turned. The fact that he was bragging about how vicious and ruthless he was towards anyone who criticized or left the organization, and was trying to control the reenactments shows me how full of shit some people can be when they deny being part of a cult.

❤️❤️❤️

3:04 Worked for Joseph Smith.

where's the movie?

It's great that Rathbun was on board for this but unfortunately as of late he's withdrawing his anti-scientology posts and is even criticizing those going it against it as being cultists. A sad turn of attitude....

Somehow, sonically, Louis seems like he's on the verge of a yawn for the entirety of the interview.

Louis is amazing and aside from his insanely great documentaries he is the original TROLL XD The way he does it is amazing........Louis Theroux....The Troll kingpin.

louie is the best

HOLY SHIT

The decor behind confuses me... is this a furniture store (with electronics)?

@mdtys

7 жыл бұрын

it's the interviewer's house, i think

@Halfspacer

7 жыл бұрын

With a mini bar?

@mdtys

7 жыл бұрын

good point

@sid_kalak

7 жыл бұрын

he does say he's in a hotel, it's probably his portable record player tho.

@dp30

7 жыл бұрын

It's the Redbury Hotel in L.A. Very eclectic. I could have shot into a grey corner, but I like to include the space.

red hot chilli peppers

Has Louis said anything about Marty Rathbun's now attacking defectors?

Maybe there will be a director's cut for the people who found the movie unsatisfactory.

Interesting statement about not being diametrically apposed to subjects, however the Jimmy Saville case really got to you and so to finish this maybe if you dig a little deeper you could help people more rather than sitting on the fence?

I thought this was about scientology, not LT.

Click on video, go straight to comment section

Your dads writing is real

I saw u at at natral history museum

He mentions a minibar -- wait so this a hotel room? Which comes equipped with a complimentary turntable and a vinyl copy of RHCP's shittiest album... lol I can almost read that little note on top "please enjoy your antiquated hipster music format on our trendy faux-vintage piece of shit suitcase turntable. Mustache wax and denim waistcoats for the ultra-hip available on request."

I think South Park covered them well.

Red hot Chilli peppers album " mother's milk" behind his right shoulder on the bed, he's into great fucking music too, Louis is the best documentary maker no doubt about it.

I like Louis, but this was not his greatest documentary work. Other than watching Marty Rathbun in the process of unraveling right before he did a 180 and starting defending Miscavige and calling critics of Scientology the cult members, it really didn't bring anything new to the table.

@RickCostello

6 жыл бұрын

christmastiger Agreed

The tough life of Louis...

Wow, a journalist who can be critical of Trump without being totally, insanely bias... I'm in aww lol

And he’s got his own mind

This guy looks like he could be John Oliver's brother or something.

More about the ...reality distortion field...yes......will check out Tony Ortega....

It's extremely disconcerting when our common interests are Used or Exploited for Religious Interests. I'm Catholic. EXTREMELY!

@goodgollymisspolly5163

5 жыл бұрын

I attribute my Miracle to the Holy Water of Lourdes. Scientology is my Anti-Matter. Be Advised.

@Nietzsche_K_Gote

4 жыл бұрын

Reason will prevail.

who is they Louis