"Days before its premiere, things are looking rough for the Melania Trump documentary. It sounds like the film is on track to flop hard at the box office next weekend, despite Amazon's efforts to bolster sales. And the White House is getting flak for going ahead with a glitzy private screening of the film on Saturday night as the nation was reeling from the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis."
""People were worked really hard. Really long hours, highly disorganized, very chaotic," one person who worked on the set said. "It wasn't easy money," another added. "It was very difficult because of the chaos that was around everything. ... Usually [for a documentary] it's like, 'Oh, follow the subject.' Well, it's Melania Trump. With the first lady and Secret Service, you can't just do things you usually do.""
The Melania Trump documentary faced chaotic, last-minute production efforts and is projected to perform poorly at the box office despite Amazon's promotion attempts. A private White House screening drew criticism because it occurred while the nation was coping with a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Producers scrambled to gather footage in the 20 days before Donald Trump's second inauguration, hiring three production crews in Florida, Washington, D.C., and New York City. Crew members worked long hours amid disorganization and logistical nightmares. A full-time travel coordinator was hired to resolve issues such as crew members left without transportation. Melania is described as friendly and engaged, and cinematographers were experienced.
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