Der schönste Junge der Welt - Björn Andrésen: Viscontis blonder Engel

So I don't understand what the position of the documentary is. Whether it sees its protagonist as a damaged victim or instead admires his straightforward individuality. It comes across as a bit comical in the end, because it seems as if the documentary makers were shocked at Björn’s isolation and squalor and started wondering whether it was his abuse by the artistic elite of the time or the death of his mother that was to blame. All the while Andrésen himself comes across as lacking the assertiveness to kick them out of his house and go read a book or something, which he would have preferred a thousand times more. (16.10.2022)