2008 · documentary
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Directed by Chris Bell1h 45m2008
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.
Our read: Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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