Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Hello everyone, My name is Alex and this is the beginning of my journal or journey if you will through the world of film or movies what ever interchangeable term you want to use. Over the years I have attempted several times to start a blog or do movie reviews, that I usually do a few posts and never go back to. I feel like a lot of that is because I was trying to do something gimmicky to hook people into reading it or imitating concepts others were doing to get my self started. I will be upfront and honest with you as I plan to be through the times to come, I work a retail day job which I hate, I manage through it because it is close to my son's school and they are flexible with time off that I need. I am severely under paid for the amount of jobs I do on top of what my job they suppose to be paying me is for and there are times its mind numbing boring because I am not challenged or not at a pace that keeps up with the level I move at. There are two things that bring me joy from this hellish retail landscape, that is spending time with my wife and son, the other watching movies, while some go shopping or get a message as a form of therapy from their lives, mine is going to the movies. Every now and then a movie comes along that hits me on a deeper level and usually it is a movie I had no intention of ever watching, enter Roadrunner.

I had no plans on seeing this movie, documentaries are my least favorite form of movie especially when I know nothing of the subject matter. Yes, I have heard the name Anthony Bourdain before, I knew he was a chef. I heard of the book Kitchen Confidential before and I know he had a television show where he traveled the world and ate food. I did not know he was 43 when he wrote Kitchen Confidential which would start him on the journey to become the name people knew. Being almost 40 myself it connected with me where I am and how I am not happy, that I still have time to change what I do with my life and finding myself again. I learned it was not the subject material, the places he went or people he met, it was his experience that made all those interesting and set him apart from being just a narrational tour guide. The film explores his life from his work as a chef to celebrity status, through the use of voice over narration from Bourdain as well as commentary on his personality and experiences working with him from friends and family. Outside of watching movies on a daily basis, talking about my experience with them is something I enjoy which is why I have always tried to do a blog, why not do a YouTube channel or podcast you maybe wonder, self confidence is what it is, I am just not at that comfort level with myself to do that yet. I have over 1,500 titles in my DVD/Blu-Ray collection and can tell you on most of them when, where and who I was with when I bought them or watched them the first time. For me movies are more than entertainment, while many are just popcorn munching fun, movies also have the ability to bring a person through every range of emotion in a 2 hour period, they can bring out romanticism, fear, joy and sadness through dialogue, score, cinematography or a combination of several things. Then through life experiences one movie you watched 10 years ago, on re-watching it can bring out a whole slew of new emotions based on experience and choices made in ones life.

Here we are at the first post of many to come, this is my blog and my posts, for me to track what I watch and how I feel. If you find joy or entertainment in this I am glad, if you are going through things in life and you can relate with my journey then I am excited to have you as a passenger on this journey with me.