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siff day 7
May. 30th, 2008 01:22 pmi met ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shadow_and_veil and divinityof_fire at the Can-Can for happy hour. Zack the bar manager dropped in briefly and brought us and the bartender rainbow sherbet for no apparent reason :) i had my (becoming the new) usual sidecar and then the bartender suggested that i have its predecessor, a brandy crusta for my second drink. nom nom nom.
Bigger Stronger Faster*
this doc about steroids and the American culture of competition begins release later this week. it's narrated by the director (Christopher Bell) and is framed with the story of him and his brothers, who are all power lifters and grew up as pro wrestling fans. great use of archival footage here, and good interviews. it comes to some unexpected conclusions.
this film shares a producer with Michael Moore. i felt like Bell managed to use some of Moore's more effective techniques while remaining more balanced and avoiding the stridency (and tendency towards juvenile pranks) that turns me off when i watch Moore films. the presentation is quite entertaining. while i don't think anyone needs to rush to see it in the theater, it's a great diversion to put on the Netflix queue and a good conversation starter.
Bell was present for a Q&A. one of the people profiled in the film is a high school football coach. i'm afraid he's going to lose his job when the news of his steroid use gets back to his school district. i asked about this in the Q&A, (has his school district seen this?) but the director either didn't understand me or intentionally blew me off with a canned evasive answer. since he later mentioned that there was preemptive contact with the politicians involved, i thought it was very odd.
the Q&A ran long enough that i wasn't going to make it to my second film, so i went home and saw C instead.
shadow_and_veil and divinityof_fire at the Can-Can for happy hour. Zack the bar manager dropped in briefly and brought us and the bartender rainbow sherbet for no apparent reason :) i had my (becoming the new) usual sidecar and then the bartender suggested that i have its predecessor, a brandy crusta for my second drink. nom nom nom.Bigger Stronger Faster*
this doc about steroids and the American culture of competition begins release later this week. it's narrated by the director (Christopher Bell) and is framed with the story of him and his brothers, who are all power lifters and grew up as pro wrestling fans. great use of archival footage here, and good interviews. it comes to some unexpected conclusions.
this film shares a producer with Michael Moore. i felt like Bell managed to use some of Moore's more effective techniques while remaining more balanced and avoiding the stridency (and tendency towards juvenile pranks) that turns me off when i watch Moore films. the presentation is quite entertaining. while i don't think anyone needs to rush to see it in the theater, it's a great diversion to put on the Netflix queue and a good conversation starter.
Bell was present for a Q&A. one of the people profiled in the film is a high school football coach. i'm afraid he's going to lose his job when the news of his steroid use gets back to his school district. i asked about this in the Q&A, (has his school district seen this?) but the director either didn't understand me or intentionally blew me off with a canned evasive answer. since he later mentioned that there was preemptive contact with the politicians involved, i thought it was very odd.
the Q&A ran long enough that i wasn't going to make it to my second film, so i went home and saw C instead.
