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A24-Produced Psychic Readings Doc Leaves Sundance Viewers Crying, Laughing and in Disbelief at Premiere
Lana Wilson's new documentary 'Look Into My Eyes' casts a sympathetic view of an oft-mocked part of society: psychics and the clients who trust them.
For example, one psychic is an expert on communicating with animals, which drew initial chuckles from the audience until the clients explained how their companions would help them manage an abusive relationship, or be a lifeline for loneliness. Wilson, who previously directed the 2020 Taylor Swift doc “Miss Americana” and last year’s “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” said she was inspired to profile real-life psychics after visiting one in Atlantic City on a whim the day after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. I was getting ready to go, and she said, ‘What do you do for a living?’ And I said, ‘I’m a documentary filmmaker,’ and she said, ‘Oh well, what do you make movies about?’ At that time, I was finishing a film called ‘The Departure,’ about a punk rocker-turned-zen priest who counsels people considering suicide.
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