What <em>Risk</em> Says About Julian Assange
The new documentary from Laura Poitras, the director of <em>Citizenfour</em>, follows the Wikileaks founder as his public profile radically shifts around him.
Every time Julian Assange appears in Laura Poitras’s new documentary, , there’s a distinct impression of his quiet thrill at being on camera. His eyes constantly dart toward the lens whenever he’s being filmed, whether he’s chatting to his cohorts at Wikileaks, donning an elaborate disguise (including different-colored contact lenses) to evade public attention, or loudly mocking the accusations of sexual assault made against him by two Swedish women. He has the bearing of a paranoid man, understandably enough, but there’s also a constant performative element
