Review: Anna Nicole Smith deserves better than what new Netflix documentary delivers
“Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” still leaves viewers without much more insight into the ’90s Playboy star’s tragic life.
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“Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” still leaves viewers without much more insight into the ’90s Playboy star’s tragic life.
A big hole. i think it also tells us about family. what is family? is family the people that we're born into? is it the people that love us and bring us up? you know, i think family, we're all living in an age where there's blended families and dysfunctional families and difficult families. we all understand that. i think every viewer can relate to that. so family isn't necessarily who you were born into. i think that's what paul discovers by the end of the film when he discovers some really difficult, deep, dark secrets about his biological family. you know, that was fascinating to us, and i ...
It's truly bizarre. how did you first hear about this story, and why did you want to help paul tell it? >> well, i was working with and they asked me if i would come along and make this film with them. i met paul, and i was so drawn to his story of wanting to know who he was because i think we all, deep down, we need to know where we come from. and if we don't, that's a big void in us, and we need to find out. i just felt it was a story about identity, a story about family, what family really means, and he's a charismatic guy, and he was on a journey. as filmmakers, we wanted to go on that jou...
Things. it's not a present. i open another one, a bunch of cards, more letters and newspaper clippings. i'm like, this isn't christmas. so i looked at one, and it said 500 search for kidnapped baby. another one, fron zach baby still missing. i started reading it, and it said paul joseph fron zach, kidnapped from michael reese hospital. and i saw a picture of my mom and dad, they looked really, really heartbroken and distraught. i thought, wait, that's me. what happened? >> wow. joining me now, the director of "the lost sons," ursula mcfarlane. thank you. such a relatable story. it drew me in. ...