The last time I was forced to think about the cursed nexus of "Rudy Giuliani" and "major motion pictures," it was when the former New York City mayor turned deranged fartist and presidential errand boy was filmed maybe-kinda-sorta sticking his hand down his pants in 2020's Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. As it turns out, Rudy's cinematic vision extended far beyond a brief — if inadvertent — stint in a Sacha Baron Cohen comedy. In fact, he evidently fancied himself something of an auteur. And much like most things Giuliani touches these days, his abortive foray into filmmaking has reportedly netted him a big fat bunch of legal trouble.
As far back as February of last year, Giuliani had reportedly been looking to finance an explosive documentary exposé delving into the alleged Hunter Biden-Ukraine "scandal" that had already landed his boss and delinquent benefactor a second impeachment trial. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the film — for which Giuliani apparently was trying to raise around $10 million — went nowhere. And while Giuliani wasn't named as a primary partner in the SeeView Media company that was incorporated to create the project; documents obtained by Mother Jones reveal that he was, it seems, the main engine behind the attempted production, with one SeeView partner telling the magazine that "the mayor is the knowledge base."
