“Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives” is the latest documentary from Chris Smith, the director of “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” and “100 Foot Wave,” and an executive producer of “Tig…
docuseries, which Smith executive produced and directed, explores how New York City celebrity restaurateur Sarma Melngailis went from being the queen of vegan cuisine to fugitive on the run. In 2011, Melngailis – owner of Manhattan’s Pure Food and Wine – began draining the restaurant’s funds and funneling the money to Shane Fox, a con man. Fox convinced Melngalis that he could make her pet pitbull terrier immortal if she obeyed his every request without question.
You have said that initially you were skeptical about turning Melngailis’ story into a doc. But, at least on paper, it has all the key ingredients for a good con movie. Why the initial hesitation?In hindsight, I don’t know. It feels very obvious like most things in hindsight, but I wasn’t convinced. I didn’t know the details.
It’s hard to understand why Melngailis made some of the choices she made when she was with Fox. By telling her story, are you hoping to validate her experience?My goal with projects is never to try to tell the audience what to think. This project is very much like a Rorschach test. I feel like different people see it in different ways and they come away with different conclusions. That was one of the things that was most fascinating to us in making the series.
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