Speer Goes to Hollywood

Sadly, this film lures the viewer into the false sense that they are listening to Nazi architect Albert Speer's retelling of his side of the story, helped along by a young filmmaker, Andrew Birkens, who comes in with bona fides of having then-recently worked with Stanley Kubrick on "2001 A Space Odyssey". In reality, the director of this move uses doctored voice-overs to shape 90 minutes of "cinema" that becomes an apology for Speer's misdeeds and crimes against humanity. That this film won awards is more testament to the inanity of arts funders than to truth and honesty. I recently heard the director speak after a local viewing of the film and when asked "why she made the movie", she was at a loss for words, unable to articulate her purpose. Generative AI could have done a more admirable job with a lot less arrogance and hubris.