I’d be lying if I said I didn’t tear up thinking about the death of Anthony Bourdain. The man went where others wouldn’t, tried foods that seemed strange to Americans, and treated other cultures with due respect. The new film Roadrunner is an intimate look at the life of Bourdain, and it uses footage from his life so you hear it from him. The film is directed by Morgan Neville, the Academy Award Winning Filmmaker. He’s the same director who did Won’t You Be My Neighbor about Mr. Rogers.
Here’s the official synopsis:
It’s not where you go. It’s what you leave behind . . . Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?), this unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.
