The director sees significant differences between Madonna and the young woman at the heart of his new film.
She had no armor.
She had no persona that she would put on.
So that was really intriguing to me.
They paused the project for several years, a period during which Gomez was treated for bipolar disorder.
In 2019, when she came out of the mental health facility, she reached out to me.
I was one of the first people she saw when she came out, Keshishian said.
I immediately sensed that now there was a much deeper, more interesting documentary than a tour doc.
The documentary has been praised as sincere and soul-bearing.
TheNew York Timescalled Gomez boldly unguarded.
Paradoxically, the filmmaker describes his subject as a very private person.
Shes not someone who is seeking to reveal this stuff about her.
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