Ahead of its release, David Farrier discusses just why editing his newest documentary, Mister Organ, was such a difficult task because of its subject.
The Big Picture Filmmaker and host David Farrier is no stranger to the long process of editing. The documentarian has had plenty of experience slicing up his work through projects including 2016’s Tickled and his Netflix series Dark Tourist. But, the director’s latest undertaking, Mister Organ, was a horse of a different color.
“The really simple thing,” Farrier says, “was that Michael Organ makes sense in a two-hour conversation. When he’s telling a story, it’s hard to follow in two hours, but you can follow it. When you cut that two hours down to two minutes, or a five-minute scene, all the logic drops out, and it’s like you are watching just complete garbage, and none of it makes sense.
In Mister Organ, Farrier goes deep into the world of the titular antique store owner and car clamping businessman who has earned a reputation for ruining lives. On his hunt for the truth behind the mysterious con artist, Farrier finds himself trapped inside the world of Organ, where one wrong move could have disastrous consequences. An expert manipulator and gaslighter, it makes perfect sense why it was difficult to mold his interviews with Organ into a concise telling.
Talking in Circles Just like those who’ve seen the Ingrid Bergman and Angela Lasbury-led film Gaslight, which coined the phrase now so common in daily language, those watching Mister Organ will recognize similar tactics — like talking in circles. As Farrier explains, “If you are listening to the whole thing, it does make sense, but if you’re listening to a three-minute version, it’s f**ked. So it was that. It was trying to find ways for him to make sense, and that was so hard.
Celebrating its premiere at last year’s Fantastic Fest, Mister Organ arrives in U.S. theaters on October 6. Check out the trailer below.
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