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.

Baghwan Shree Rajneesh was a new age guru who acquired a cult of followers, selling them an ad-hoc mixture of ancient Indian and counter-cultural teachings. When he fell out with the Indian authorities, he bought a ranch in rural Oregan, USA; and soon feel out there with the suspicious and conservative locals. 'Wild Wild Country' tells the story of this confrontation, almost entirely by letting the protagonists speak for themselves. To this day, many of the "Rajneeshis" are highly articulate, and unapologetic, advocates of their prior behaviour; and at the time, they had no qualms about using the American way (i.e. money, media manipulation, legal system and right to bear arms) to help them establish what the locals considered to be highly un-American values. As the conflict between the two sides grew, there were even attempted poisonings and election rigging. Eventually, it was division within the group which led to its break up: Sheela, the Bagwhan's former chief advisor, and the settlement's de facto leader, departed and was denounced. She subsequently served prison time for attempted murder. In her interviews for this programme she comes across as not uncompassionate, and also as someone for whom the right ends would still always justify almost any means.'Wild Wild Country' is slow, and while it's informative seeing different protagonists give their own sides of the story, sometimes you would like to also see how they would react under direct questioning. The relatively non-judgemental approach means that the truthfulness of the participants is never really tested. But nonetheless it's an amazing story. Perhaps what's most amazing of all is that the Baghwan's junk teachings somehow served as a real catalyst that changed how people felt about their lives, and brought them both a sense of meaning, and a willingness to kill.

This is not a compelling film at all; it's discouraging and dispiriting to see how easily people can be manipulated by a song and dance put on by a showman and his female manager. It's all hype and mirage. He's like Donald Trump in a swami getup. Tell disaffected people that the answer to their angst is breathing exercises and healthy donations to his wallet -- and there you go. It's hypnotism of a group of people incapable of critical thinking and reason. Once in Antelope; now it's America. We get the government we deserve.

Whilst I enjoyed this very well made documentary I found it disingenuous. It barely touches on either the huge financial fraud that was perpetrated at its core nor does it try to explain what it was that made the guru so hypnotic and find it so easy to cast a spell over so many people. Throughout the series he appears to be virtually comatose and inanimate and when he finall6 does speak it's as if he was serving behind the counter in your local corner shop. The story itself is the familiar cult tale blending the Beatles Yogi with a David Koresh or Jonestown scenario of homicidal maniacs armed to the teeth. They seemed a hair breadth away from gunning people down. But it must be recognised that the majority of the cultists seemed to have good intentions. The biggest unanswered question is why the US authorities after spending so much on capturing the guru then allowed him to leave Scot free. Surely a token sentence was apt? The production values however are beyond reproach.