Suffice it to say there’s been some disagreement over how well the film achieves that goal.
The problem, though, is thatRoadrunnercan’t do a better job of explaining Bourdain than Bourdain himself did.
If you found yourself wanting to delve deeper after watchingRoadrunner, here are the best places to start.
Anthony Bourdain in ‘Parts Unknown’.CNN Films
“I decided then and there to outdo my foodie parents…
I’d showthemwho the gourmet was!”
He marvels at the culture of the city, enraptured by it, determined to take everything in.
Anthony Bourdain in ‘Roadrunner’.CNN / Focus Features
“I didnotwant to leave.
I had only begun to eat,” he writes.
I feel safe there," he wrote in a new preface shortly afterKitchen Confidentialwas published to massive success.
Now, I’m not so sure."
And Bourdain could also, on occasion, return to self-examination.
The first time I shot up, I looked at myself in the mirror with a big grin.
Something was missing in me, whether it was a self-image situation, whether it was a character flaw… Perhaps even more so than “Beirut,” it’s the quintessential entry in his TV oeuvre.
Roadrunneris in theaters now.Anthony Bourdain: No Reservationsis streaming on Discovery+.Parts Unknownis streaming on HBO Max.
