Bodyguard of Lies vs Filming 'The Trial'
Bodyguard of Lies has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Filming 'The Trial'). Filming 'The Trial' is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 30m. Filming 'The Trial' is the older of the two (1981 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bodyguard of Lies
Filming 'The Trial'| Bodyguard of Lies | Filming 'The Trial' | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1981 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 22m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Dan Krauss | Orson Welles |
| Main cast | – | Orson Welles, Scott Alexander, Joseph McBride, Todd McCarthy, Myron Meisel |
Synopsis
Bodyguard of Lies
Exposes the tangled web of deception spun by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, revealing the campaign of lies and misinformation fed to the American public. Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings of those at the highest levels of the military and elected leadership, this gripping documentary urges a reckoning with the wider implications of government…
Filming 'The Trial'
An unfinished 1981 essay-documentary project by Orson Welles, based on a filmed Q&A session at USC following a screening of The Trial, intended as a reflective companion piece to the film but never edited or completed during his lifetime.
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