Starting with the dubious premise of sexual obsession with Condoleezza Rice, English director Sebastian Doggart’s (“Project Runway”) hybrid mock-doc-slash-stalk-umentary about the former Secretary of State and namesake of a Chevron oil tanker takes the shape of a musical comedy. The corny kitsch that results would be supremely comic if the material were not so deliriously tragic. (Seeing it for the first time in Greece made it even sadder than if it’s seen in the Homeland.) 107m. DigiBeta video. (Ray Pride)
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Starting with the dubious premise of sexual obsession with Condoleezza Rice, English director Sebastian Doggart’s (“Project Runway”) hybrid mock-doc-slash-stalk-umentary about the former Secretary of State and namesake of a Chevron oil tanker takes the shape of a musical comedy. The corny kitsch that results would be supremely comic if the material were not so deliriously tragic. (Seeing it for the first time in Greece made it even sadder than if it’s seen in the Homeland.) 107m. DigiBeta video. (Ray Pride)
