A fascinating, though often muddled look at the author of the most iconic revolutionary's handbook. Now that he has grown older and less reflexively hardcore, how does he feel about writing a book that has been used, not just by revolutionaries, but by criminals. The very thought that there is an individual who wrote this manual that tells people how to make explosives and improvised weapons among other things. To find out there is a thoughtful huma being behind this book comes as the first shock. On one hand you expect him to apologize. On the other you want him to stand behind his work. He does both and the film meanders just a bit in trying to get to know this author of one the most infamous books ever written. In the end you get gripping and insightful film making. Well worth watching.
Review of American Anarchist
