Going Clear (2015) is another compelling documentary from Alex Gibney (Enron and Taxi to the Darkside)about the cult of the church of Scientology. It is based on a nonfiction book by Lawrence Wright. This cult is relatively new and notable fro having had mega film stars John Travolta and Tom Cruise as members. The leader of the cult, L. Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer who stated that he wanted to create a religion so that he could get rich. It had a system of levels that require payment to reach higher levels of spiritualistic and eventually the source story about aliens is revealed and people pay to have these aliens removed from their bodies-far out there stuff. The film uncovers many other types of abuse and mistreatment of members. It is hard for me to understand how people can get involved in these types of cults.
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