The poignant, funny documentary Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal premieres tonight on HBO after pleasing and disturbing folks at the recent Los Angeles Film Festival. In honor of the film's TV debut, we suppose, Defamer stopped by World of Wonder's Hollywood Boulevard headquarters to ask how directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato survived the time they spent in the Nevada desert with their notoriously difficult subject. It's Defamer''s Five Questions post, but it seems like more. (Photo: Craig L Moran)
RB: We were filming at a time when Heidi was struggling with addiction, and we're not really into making "addiction" films. It's not really our oeuvre.
FB: No film is easy to make, but this one was especially difficult to make. As a documentary filmmaker, you're kind of a sponge. You soak up whatever the person is going through, and Heidi was going through lots of nasty stuff. It wasn't a very pleasant experience.
RB: You'd sort of get contact highs and contact lows.
