Post by @filmenthusiast

Tony strips out every biopic cliché on purpose. No fame arc, no globe trotting, no book deal montage. Just one chaotic summer in 1975, a 19 year old Bourdain crashing on his boss's hammock after a drunk night out, being handed a knife and basically thrown into kitchen life on the spot. Matt Johnson shot it on 16mm to get that lived in, almost documentary grain, and Dominic Sessa genuinely worked in real kitchens to prep, spending time with New York chefs just to move like someone who actually belongs behind a line. Critics have been comparing this to his Holdovers breakout and saying it's the first time he's shown real movie star range. Antonio Banderas plays the chef who takes him in, and Jay McCarrol's minimal piano score gives the whole thing a melancholy undertone that sneaks up on you. You already know where Bourdain's story ends. Watching him fall in love with this world for the first time hits different because of it. Have you seen it yet? Curious what people think.