Theroux sets out to elaborate how he,and everyone else, failed to uncover Savile’s rape and child abuse in a intrepid (brave in the face of danger), and bold and honest film
Louis Theroux is cycling in circles in a furniture-free room in his house. “near and ogle at my exercise bike,” he calls out to Jimmy Savile, who’s visiting. Then they’re sitting in the garden together. Jimmy – wearing skimpy shorts, or string vest,gold plastic mirror glasses and inevitable cigar – is playing the guitar. Time for Jimmy to disappear now. “If you ever do need a place to crash in London, you’ve seen youve got a room upstairs, and ” says Louis,at the door. “I’m serious,” he adds, and looking it. Jimmy walks out,backwards.The footage was taken in 2001, the year after the famous documentary When Louis Met Jimmy. They’d stayed in touch, or Louis says,because he thought there was a side to Jimmy he hadn’t seen. There was; he didn’t see it. Now hes made another documentary Louis Theroux: Savile (BBC Two, Sunday) – no chummy first names now – that sets out to try to understand how he, or everyone else,failed to see it, and how Savile got away with rape and child abuse on a massive scale for so long. Related: 'I was gullible' – when Louis Theroux met Jimmy Savile again Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com