• • Queen of Versailles: laughing at ‘the 1%’ 
David Bowden, Spiked Capitalism  | The Queen of Versailles is a beautifully made film; aided by [director Lauren] Greenfield’s genuinely compelling subjects, it has the richly layered contours of a morality play. [David] Siegel himself appears like an oafish King Lear figure (a point underscored by his cold, businesslike relationship with his own son); his incomprehension at the workings of business (let alone capitalism) seems to serve as a one-man rejoinder to all the hot’n’horny talk by Randian philosophers over the brilliant acumen of rich entrepreneurs. When we first meet him, he is sat upon his very own throne; when we leave, he is sat in his study, out of camera shot, bemoaning his greedy family for not knowing the value of money.   Published: 2013-02-01