freshruIns Wild Wild Country is a fabulous visual treat and a good debutante-info-package for someone who's hearing about Osho for the first time. However, there are rather big gaps in reasoning and content when it comes to story telling. My father and some of my family members in India were Rajneeshees in the '80s and when juxtaposing their experience and the content of the documentary, it seems so that the directors omitted large chunks of narrative which would have seemed critical towards Rajneeshees on specific grounds. For example, forced sex between higher ranking Rajneeshi officials & kids who were underage was one of biggest scandals that made many parents to quit the commune. That never came up in the series. Not even once as a unverifiable story. Even if the directors are given the benefit of doubt and said that the information presented had to be completely verifiable and factual, still the vibe of the documentary feels very pro-Osho in an natural way. The documentary is presented as half-true but not-at-all-dishonest version of the whole thing. Also, the accounts from Antelope Residents felt a bit unenthusiastic. As in, they were documenting the local people because thye 'had to' and otherwise it wouldn't seem balanced and fair. (Maybe it's just me) So on the surface, the documentary isn't presenting lies, they did give the Antelope residents an outlet to speak, but implicitly carried on with a heavily pro-Osho narrative by not mentioning a wide range of vile facts, which otherwise would have changed the course of the whole series.Cinematography was stunning and the all frames looked artsy and engaging. Post production was well done too and added a dramatic, period-film-ish touch to the visuals. However, background music was a bit too overwhelming for me. There were hardly any shots with bare/natural sound and most of the film came with really filling background score. For example, when they show disciples walking, on the background there's some army-like and patriotic music and it has already evoked a pre-determined emotion in my mind, even before I get a chance to focus into that scene. I think it affected the objective, non-biased attitude of the documentary and made it a bit-too-drama-movie-like. Something along the lines of, 'the viewer should exactly feel what the director is feeling in this scene'. If the score music was a bit more subtle, it would have left more room for the viewer to absorb the content and decide what to feel for themselves. Though we'll now never know what 'really' happened in Reajneeshpuram, to get a more holistic idea about the whole thing, along with WWC I'd recommend watching Ashram in Poona (1981) by Wolfgang Dobrowolny and Fear Is the Master (1983). The latter is on Youtube and has an openly anti-Osho narrative. However, it could interest you with some specific details about why the people of Antelope were wary of him. Wild Wild Country is a interesting watch and could serve as an introduction to someone who's interested in learning more about 'The Osho Phenomenon'.

dr-prasannashetty Beautiful documentary but leaves u with many questions in the end. I would have been happier if they had shown some of Osho's discourses and shown why he was so popular.definitely makers were slightly biased towards the locals and didn't want people to sympathise with the commune. Antelope neighbourhood people looked like fools who eventually won with the help of a more foolish Govt support.

VintijInventory WOW! Once again Netflix hit it out of the park with this one, this Doc had it all: Hypocrisy, Culture Clash, Sex, Drugs, Religion. And the editing and the music were always on point and fit perfectly at every major turn. The main players in all of this were straight outta central casting like the lawyer who gave up a lucrative practice to join this cult. However, he did not totally lose his marbles and remained a very eloquent speaker. But my personal fav was the Oregonian hillbilly in his coveralls and homespun philosophy about the situation and he was even cracking his own self up with his jokes, the only thing missing was him smoking a corncob pipe. And then there was Sister Sheela, although she has not aged well, she was quite the cutie back in her day and if I had been on that ranch I would have convinced her to spend some alone time with me so I could "fill" her body with the spirit of the holy ghost! Anyway, if you haven't seen this yet, watch it cuz you can't go wrong. Thanks for reading, and I hope this helps.

rondicostanzo-08876 For a 2 hour doc, this could have been superb. But for over 6 hours? The same yappers - the Aussie, the shyster, the nasty "leader" saying the same things hour after hour. It's one of the weaknesses of Netflix - too much time to fill. Too little need to edit. It's a shame since this should have been superb.