‘Mister Organ’ Director David Farrier on How He Protected Himself From His Documentary Subject: ‘This Possibly Psychotic Man Has a Key to the House’

variety.com:

William Earl New Zealand journalist and director David Farrier‘s debut feature documentary, 2016’s “Tickled,” was a look at the underground world of competitive tickling and the bizarre cast of characters behind the subsequent fetish videos.

Farrier has followed “Tickled” with “Mister Organ,” a profile of a litigious man living in the shadows. In this case, it’s New Zealand’s Michael Organ, whom Farrier first stumbles upon as an overzealous parking lot attendant at an antiques store, before discovering more strange details about his life.

Before the film’s Oct. 6 theatrical debut, Farrier spoke with Variety about “Mister Organ” for our Doc Dreams series, where he detailed some of the safety issues he faced while shooting the movie, his frustrations with his subject and if Organ has seen the film himself. At what point in the process of learning about Michael Organ did you determine this had the potential to be a feature-length documentary? Much like “Tickled,” I had written about the story first.

This was based on a series of about five articles I’d written for a local website, The Spinoff. And much like “Tickled,” at a certain point, words just can’t do it justice.