As reported by the New York Times and highlighted  on The Drudge Report, the movie Weiner will premier at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, in theaters in May and on television in October, at the height of the campaign season.  As The Times observes, “‘Weiner’ has become a source of heightened anxiety for Ms. Abedin and the Clinton campaign.”

The movie project was originally intended to document Mr. Weiner’s “spectacular political comeback,” but as the New York Times columnist dryly notes, “[t]hings did not go quite according to plan.”

The film instead focuses on “the implosion of Mr. Weiner’s mayoral campaign and a wrenching inside account of the couple’s interactions in the aftermath of his second explicit texting scandal.”

Benghazi, Hillary’s emails, and Bill’s behavior, not to mention Hillary’s robotic campaign personality, would be enough to sink many ordinary campaigns.  As the Times continues:

But none of those controversies are as deeply personal or as potentially distracting to Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign as the visceral film.

The Times notes that “Mrs. Clinton does not appear in the film … but her presence is frequently felt.”  The column notes one scene in which Huma is pressured “to choose between remaining a Clinton insider and supporting her husband.”

The inner circle of  Hillary’s “loyal confidants,” most notably Ms. Abedin, was the subject of an October Vanity Fair piece portraying the “wall of protection” around Hillary Clinton:

Her behavior is so controlled that she recently had to protest on national television: “I am a real person.”

Mrs. Clinton is further insulated from the real world by her status as former first lady, as Vanity Fair observes:

If Hillary Clinton wins, she will be the only president in history to have already had 24 years of Secret Service protection before she even takes the oath of office. As anyone who has had the experience knows, even a single day with the Secret Service can be isolating.

Vanity Fair continues:

… Abedin is as secretive as Clinton herself, if not more so, and she is the primary gatekeeper. She often forwards press coverage and other messages, highlighting once again the mediating membrane that exists between Hillary and ordinary reality…

…The wall around Clinton has a self-sustaining, self-justifying nature … living behind it has for Clinton become a part of whatever “normal” is for her. To a great degree, she is her staff and her staff is she. Most politicians maintain a separation between themselves and the people who work for them. The staff’s relationships with Hillary are co-dependent and intertwined.

The impending release of Weiner adds yet another layer of drama to an already embattled Clinton presidential campaign.