Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

The suicide of Anthony Bourdain, popular chef, TV host chef, foodie, and author of the well-known insider exposé Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly shocked many people, including his long-time associates. While Bourdain seemingly struggled with darkness at times, Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom) focuses on the bright side of his life. The film shows first a little boy and then an impatient chef, wondering in the street “where's my fucking fish?” for whom knives are never sharp enough. He is a man with a consummate sense of humor, struggling with addictions even before television made him a recognized star. Bourdain may not have been a star in all the countries he visited. So, he kept going on his endless search for unique cuisine and answers to questions without answers – just like the Road Runner from Chuck Jones' animation, leaving only clouds of dust behind.