❝Travel isn’t always pretty. You go away, you learn, you get scarred, marked and changed in the process; it even breaks your heart.❞
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Anthony Bourdain was truly one-of-a-kind. He's an inspiration to me and many other people, and the world is worse off without him in it. And while I love learning about him and his life, Roadrunner is, at best, misplaced, and at worst, absolutely disgusting. Instead of looking at his childhood and love of food, his struggles with drug addiction and his writing, the documentary instead focuses on trying to solve his death. It really does feel like his life before TV was glossed over just so the documentary could end with his suicide, which is just despicable. And to top that all off, using AI to simulate his voice reading emails written from his heart. I just don't have words to describe how sickening and vile this whole film is. Shame on you, Morgan Neville.

❝Travel isn’t always pretty. You go away, you learn, you get scarred, marked and changed in the process; it even breaks your heart.❞
𐄁──── ｡ﾟ☆: .☽ .* :☆ﾟ.────𐄁

Anthony Bourdain was truly one-of-a-kind. He's an inspiration to me and many other people, and the world is worse off without him in it. And while I love learning about him and his life, Roadrunner is, at best, misplaced, and at worst, absolutely disgusting. Instead of looking at his childhood and love of food, his struggles with drug addiction and his writing, the documentary instead focuses on trying to solve his death. It really does feel like his life before TV was glossed over just so the documentary could end with his suicide, which is just despicable. And to top that all off, using AI to simulate his voice reading emails written from his heart. I just don't have words to describe how sickening and vile this whole film is. Shame on you, Morgan Neville.

oh to live in an anthony bourdain way

oh to live in an anthony bourdain way

good plane watch, sad ending

good plane watch, sad ending

man

man

I enjoy most documentaries in some capacity but the main problem is that they aren’t actually about interesting people. This is different. Anthony Boutdain might be top 3 coolest dudes in his prime. However, in his later years you see him lose himself which is sad to watch. Towards the end I started to wonder if everyone is meant to be happy or not. Anthony accomplished more than the vast majority of people could dream of but he didn’t have a way of sustained happiness. This hurt because there were definitely glimpses whether it was him going around for his shows doing something he was genuinely interested in or just spending time with his family, he always thought he knew what he wanted. Bourdain spends a long time talking about his desire to be normal but every time he got close, his passion for food or his tv shows ended up being in the way. They give the Icarus comparison at the end but I don’t think Anthony Bourdain knew how high he had flown.

I enjoy most documentaries in some capacity but the main problem is that they aren’t actually about interesting people. This is different. Anthony Boutdain might be top 3 coolest dudes in his prime. However, in his later years you see him lose himself which is sad to watch. Towards the end I started to wonder if everyone is meant to be happy or not. Anthony accomplished more than the vast majority of people could dream of but he didn’t have a way of sustained happiness. This hurt because there were definitely glimpses whether it was him going around for his shows doing something he was genuinely interested in or just spending time with his family, he always thought he knew what he wanted. Bourdain spends a long time talking about his desire to be normal but every time he got close, his passion for food or his tv shows ended up being in the way. They give the Icarus comparison at the end but I don’t think Anthony Bourdain knew how high he had flown.