“The music can bring out emotional truths that’s different than having someone talk about it. “His story is very operatic,” Rothstein said in an interview. But to fully convey the exaggerated highs and lows of Giuliani, Rothstein felt he needed a Greek chorus. 11 hero to the pusher of bogus legal challenges to the 2020 election for then-President Donald Trump.
“Rudy! A Documusical,” directed by Jed Rothstein, is in large part a sober, conventional analysis of the unlikely trajectory of Giuliani’s political life, from New York prosecutor, mayor and Sept. A new documentary about Rudy Giuliani premiering at the Tribeca Festival weaves in musical performances to give the ups and downs of the man once commonly referred to as “America’s Mayor” an operatic flavor.
