Lance Oppenheim on Primetime, Robert Pattinson and the ethics of reality TV

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Lance Oppenheim on Primetime, Robert Pattinson and the ethics of reality TV
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It’s late September, the day Primetime comes out in US cinemas, and its 30-year-old director, Lance Oppenheim, has received some major news. “Chris Hansen just watched the film,” Oppenheim excitedly tells me over a video call from LA. “He’s doing a live stream at 4pm on his social media. I’m so curious about what he’s going to say.”

Hansen, the subject of Primetime, had previously turned down A24’s offer to watch ahellip;

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