International Law

Following the shocking breakup of Al and Tipper Gore, rumor of his affair with Laurie David and the allegations unearthed last week by the National Enquirer in which an Oregon masseuse claimed she was sexually assaulted by Al Gore in his hotel room in 2006, the media interest in the Al Gore and family is suddenly (inconveniently?) at a post-?Truth? high.

It reminded me of a short, virtually unseen documentary Spike Jonze made during Gore?s 2000 presidential campaign. Jonze was asked by the Gore camp to shoot a campaign commercial, and wound up spending two days with the Gore family at their home in Carthage, Tennessee, and on vacation in North Carolina.

Just Jonze, a handheld camera and the Gores.

The result is a stunningly intimate, warm portrait of a candidate who many people think ultimately lost the election because of his robotic image.

Jonze?s film was shown at the Democratic National Convention but never broadcast.

via www.thewrap.com