Red Mosquito

Posted: **Tue July 27, 2021 3:01 am**

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Posted: **Tue July 27, 2021 11:45 am**

tragabigzanda wrote:Is Ripert interviewed for the doc? Post-suicide, i mean?

Yes

Posted: **Tue July 27, 2021 1:39 pm**

Im not surprised that some people might not enjoy this or there would be negative reviews.

People have their very own personal relationships with Bourdain. We all kind of seem to think we know him in some way that relates to our world. It was his beauty.

Posted: **Tue July 27, 2021 2:13 pm**

yeah, its impossible to have a doc that everyone will like.

Im really looking forward to this one.

Posted: **Tue July 27, 2021 2:42 pm**

Strat wrote:People have their very own personal relationships with Bourdain. We all kind of seem to think we know him in some way that relates to our world. It was his beauty.

And when the doc dips a toe in that theme/idea it's glorious and moving. I wish there was more of that. This filmmaker seemed more interested in other things.

Posted: **Tue July 27, 2021 2:45 pm**

which things? Asia Argento?

Posted: **Tue August 10, 2021 12:16 am**

watching Roadrunner tonight.

Ill come back later with a review.

Posted: **Tue August 10, 2021 4:09 am**

i really liked it guys

Posted: **Tue August 10, 2021 2:12 pm**

Ill expand a litte more....i really liked it. I feel its a good snapshot of his talents and what it made him unique. And and the same time, its not scared to point out his demons and insecurities.

I dont feel it blames Asia at all, it kinda points out how much he changed around her. The last part is a difficult view but its also pretty honest.

Posted: **Fri November 26, 2021 3:55 am**

Watching the Far West Texas episode. I like this one.

Posted: **Fri November 26, 2021 5:11 am**

I ripped through "In the Weeds" a couple weeks ago -- it covers the shooting of Bourdain's TV shows on Travel Channel and CNN from the perspective of one of the shows' main directors. Highly recommend it. The author's emotional wounds are still raw and on display throughout.

https://www.amazon.com/Weeds-Around-Beh ... B08PV5HYLG

Posted: **Fri November 26, 2021 12:26 pm**

Ensign9 wrote:I ripped through "In the Weeds" a couple weeks ago -- it covers the shooting of Bourdain's TV shows on Travel Channel and CNN from the perspective of one of the shows' main directors. Highly recommend it. The author's emotional wounds are still raw and on display throughout.

https://www.amazon.com/Weeds-Around-Beh ... B08PV5HYLG

Awesome, will check it out.

I finally downloaded Roadrunner off Amazon Prime the other day and hoping to watch this weekend...

Posted: **Fri November 26, 2021 6:32 pm**

come back with a review!

Posted: **Sat November 27, 2021 5:58 am**

I found Roadrunner wonderful and brutal, much like In The Weeds. I have also found my appreciation for his work (and that of his amazing collaborators) increasing in contrast to the man himself. He was a deeply flawed human and I’m not sure he (or just about anyone, for that matter) deserves the “hero” moniker but you can’t help but admire the work and its profundity.

The Asia Argento stuff, much more so in the book, is uncomfortable and seems unfair. It feels like his friends and colleagues are looking for someone to blame for his suicide. It was Bourdain’s choice, no matter how aggrieved he may have been as a result of her apparent dalliance or separation. That said, the sentiment is human and you can tell they’re still sorting out how they feel about it all.

(I’ll caveat that by saying the most stunning sequence of the entire doc to me was in Hong Kong when Bourdain interrupts that guy while he’s laying bare his soul. My jaw dropped. If that was due to her influence, then yikes.)

Posted: **Sat November 27, 2021 4:09 pm**

Good review , I also liked it a lot. I don’t think it blames Asia that much, it does point at how much he changed around her.

Also the guy who fucks up that scene is Christopher Doyle not Asia.

Posted: **Sat June 25, 2022 9:20 pm**

Happy Birthday, Tony.

Miss you.

Cheers

Posted: **Sat June 25, 2022 11:34 pm**

don't get me wrong in any way...i always loved anthony but hated that he was an ice in scotch guy..

probably just a jersey thing..

Posted: **Sat June 25, 2022 11:34 pm**

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Posted: **Sat June 25, 2022 11:37 pm**

at least he never put ketchup on a dog

Posted: **Sat June 25, 2022 11:39 pm**

doug rr wrote:don't get me wrong in any way...i always loved anthony but hated that he was an ice in scotch guy..
probably just a jersey thing..

It's fairly prevalent.
Any scotch ordered neat should have a small glass of water served with it, ice water in a tall glass to complete.

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