2008 · documentary · drama · sports
Tyson
Directed by James Toback1h 30m2008
Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the controversial boxer addressing the camera and shots of the champion's fights to create an arresting picture of the man.
Our read: Tyson (2008) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded documentary · drama · sports entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured documentary / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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“You want Mike Tyson unfiltered, mapping brilliance, violence, and self-reckoning head-on.”
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