A Documentary Reveals the Dark Side of Conan O'Brien

nytimes.com:

The early months of 2010 were an unsettled time for Conan O'Brien. He left his job as host of "The Tonight Show," committed himself to a 32-city live tour and wrestled with what the next phase of his career would be. So, naturally, Mr. O'Brien did what anyone else would do during a frightening, life-altering and already highly public moment of truth: he invited a director to make a movie about him.

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[Noisyguy]

01:03 PM on 03/14/2011

The Haters are performing at SXSW (House of Commons Co-Op, 2610 Rio Grande) Sunday, March 20 at noon, 6:30pm, and again at 11:15pm.

[Chad M Andrews]

12:44 AM on 03/14/2011

Saw this premiere today... Don't think this revealed his dark side so much as just how funny Conan is day to day. I really wanted to ask him a question and the ones that were asked were pretty lame... Wanted to know why the Tonight Show mattered so much and what vision or legacy he imagined was lost? Because this film proves that he's a real artist and emerged as a true performer, something that may not have happened if he didn't leave the talk show format.

(Reposted from my new Twitter account. I'm Tweeting often from sxsw.)

[pantangele]

12:38 AM on 03/14/2011

Saw this premiere today... Don't think this revealed his dark side so much as just how funny Conan is day to day. I really wanted to ask him a question and the ones that were asked were pretty lame... Wanted to know why the Tonight Show mattered so much and what vision or legacy he imagined was lost? Because this film proves that he's a real artist and emerged as a true performer, something that may not have happened if he didn't leave the talk show format.

[Norma Desmond]

07:42 PM on 03/13/2011

zzzzz...

[nightingale801]

01:54 PM on 03/13/2011

That was a smart move(to invite a director) and what Sheen desperately needed *from the beginning* (and a manuscript)instead of unsuccessfully searching in his head for good lines from someone else's movie or theater play:D

Being original is always the best thing to do. Hopefully someone from USA will be kind enough to send the documentary to a European friend and then some other kind online friends will be kind enough to let me watch it as well. I am sure that it will be interesting.

[Razzer]

09:00 PM on 03/12/2011

I'll be watching for this, also. This looks like it will be illuminating and layered - not airbrushed or slick.

[Pundit Commentator]

01:10 AM on 03/12/2011

I cannot wait to see this documentary.