I saw "Derrida" too. I think the movie was interesting because they showed both Derrida and the film crew. The film crew had their expectations of what sorts of questions Derrida would be glad to answer. They asked Derrida about love and about his life with his wife. He completely denied the crew access to the former and grudgingly answered the latter.

He grudgingly answered the love question because, "what could I say that wouldn't be cliche?" He makes the point that in love we can talk about a who or a what. So what is the object of love, a who or a what? Later on, when the crew and he are in South Africa, he also notes that the object of forgiveness can be a who or a what.

It's interesting how a question he prima facie rejected became integral to his lecture in South Africa. I was reminded of the movie "Shakespeare in Love," where Shakespeare gets his ideas for Romeo & Juliet from all the things that happen around him.

Then there's this completely black out on the part of Derrida and his life with his wife. It's his right, but I was a bit surprised. Derrida isn't into distinctions like private and public, so why does he make this strict distinction here? As the philosopher of deconstruction shouldn't he oppose that disinction in his life?

I liked the film lots.