PODCAST: UNCOVER: ESCAPING NXIVM

PODCAST: UNCOVER: ESCAPING NXIVM

XIVM calls itself a humanitarian community. Experts and critics call it a cult. Uncover: Escaping NXIVM is a new CBC investigative podcast series about the group, its leader, Keith Raniere, and one woman's journey to get out. Read about what drew Sarah Edmondson to Raniere and his followers and how she ended up turning on him.

MY VERDICT: I loved this podcast, I loved how it laid out the facts, opinions, and both sides of the arguments and asked some really difficult questions. Questions like; what makes a cult a cult? How can someone be in a cult and not know? How do you escape a cult?

I would recommend listening to this podcast, you get a unique view on a fascinating story and it’s ongoing so there’s still lots to learn. 

Film 1051: Glengarry Glen Ross

Trivia: The film had three weeks of rehearsals and was shot over 39 days. Most scenes were shot in single takes and then cut up in editing to try to replicate the theatrical flow and cadence of the dialogue. The film was also shot almost entirely in sequence.

During filming, members of the cast who weren't required to be on the set certain days would show up anyway to watch the other actors' performances.

Alan Arkin turned down the film twice because he didn't like the character he was being offered; he thought Aaronow was an inherently unlikable and stupid character. However, upon reconsideration, Arkin created a backstory for Aaronow - he hadn't been a sales man very long, he was a teacher by trade, but the school in which he worked had got shut down, and he needed a job to support his family. Arkin says that he played Aaronow as an innocent rather that the usual stage depiction of him as a weak willed bumbler.

The single largest cost on the movie was for the rain effects throughout the first half of the film.

Only a single female character (Coat Check Girl) appears throughout the entire movie.