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This review originally appeared, in a slightly different form, during Sundance 2008. Bigger, Stronger, Faster* opens on six screens today.
A personal interrogative doc, more Morgan Spurlock than Doug Block, Christopher Bell’s Bigger, Stronger, Faster uses his family’s experiences with steroids as the in point to tackle the larger roles of body perception, performance inhancement and [...]
Cheating is fair, steroids are good for you, France loves Mike Tyson and the best films at Cannes weren’t in Cannes
FilmCouch #72 - Karina on Cannes, Kevin on steroids [31:03m]:
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February 28, 2008 – 10:35 am
I’m typing this from Columbia, MO, where the True/False Film Festival is just getting underway. Shortly before I flew in yesterday, I found out that Christopher Bell’s surprisingly strong Sundance entry Bigger, Stronger, Faster had been added to the True/False program. Shortly after arriving, I found out that the film has been acquired by Magnolia, [...]
January 22, 2008 – 2:40 am
A lot of folks are talking about Sundance doc Bigger, Stronger, Faster, including Karina (full review here). Director/narrator Chris Bell explores the hot-button issue of steroid use with both intensely personal passages and darkly comic Moore-esque exposés. In this interview we talk about steroid use, the war on drugs, stumbling into documentary filmmaking, and a [...]
Chris Bell Interview [6:16m]:
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January 20, 2008 – 5:30 pm
A personal interrogative doc, more Morgan Spurlock than Doug Block, Christopher Bell’s Bigger, Stronger, Faster uses his family’s experiences with steroids as the in point to tackle the larger roles of body perception, performance inhancement and competition in contemporary American culture. The voice of the film, delivered via Bell’s narration, can be hackneyed and [...]
