Wow! Such a good movie.

Best movie ever!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The four men profiled in this picture - topiary gardener George Mendonca, hairless mole rat enthusiast Ray Mendez, big animal trainer Dave Hoover, and robot scientist Ronald Brooks are all committed to their work. They work diligently, unconcerned with how the rest of the world might view their work. The quality of their work is job one and non-negotiable. Underlying that commitment is a view toward the future and what it might look like. They believe that if their work is well-thought out and well-done that they can shape the future. Conversely, they recognize that if their work isn't well-done or executed that it will be forgotten in due time. Mendonca frets about his sculptures existence after he passes on, Brooks sees a future in which robots will exist on the same plane as humans, and Hoover's work with big animals colors his views about man's supremacy. Mendez has learned the importance of co-operation from hairless rats.All four recognize the tenuousness of life and the importance of always changing. They all see that the unpleasant alternative to evolving is extinction. That is clear from their respect for other forms of consciousness. They are open to other ways of learning and being. The unique social system of hairless mole rats is lauded as a more co-operative way of living. Robots' consciousness also is seen as something which is rapidly developing. The big animals that Hoover trains have their own systems for dealing with their world too. Mendonca's commitment to his job for over 30 years gives him the knowledge that change happens slowly.The subjects' views on different ways of life are really brought to life against the backdrop of a score by Caleb Sampson. His use of a frequently repeating motif score bought to mind Philip Glass and gave the film a melancholy twinge. Also helpful in creating the mood are schlocky films, many science fiction and adventurous which often play while the four subjects tell their stories about what inspires and has guided them.Morris is a filmmaker always worth watching. His choice of music, subject, and how he puts everything together makes him one of the most unique filmmakers working. These portraits of men in somewhat unusual jobs doesn't seem like it would recommend as a guide to the future, but through their dedication and engagement, we can see a viable world.

How can a creative writing teacher entertain her class of seven students while educating them? Show them Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control is how.I found this movie very entertaining. As a Junior who is about to get out of school for the summer, its hard to keep my attention but I found myself unable to fall asleep during this movie.Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control was quite random and amazing. I would recommend this movie to anyone. It made me laugh and showed me how compassionate people should be about their jobs.Whats the point of going to a dead end boring job you loathe when you could be out there doing what you love and getting paid for it? There is no point.My hope is that when I have a full time job, I love it and look forward to it just as much as these men do with their jobs.I think all you workers should do the same.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. The movie appears to be simple, just these four men speaking by turns into the camera about their lives and their eccentric work. Each of them is an interesting person, each of them does extraordinary work, but so what? There are lots of interesting people and strange jobs.What makes this film transcendent is the absence of a narrator. There is no voice-over to tell you what to think about these men or their work or why the director thought they belonged together. It's presented more like a set of clues, and the viewer is invited to enter into the puzzle and draw their own sense from it. I found myself musing about what it means to be a man, what it means to be human, what it means to be alive. Whenever I watch the film, which I have done many times, I am moved to tears at the end--and often I can't say precisely why, only that I have been lifted up and changed.The score, by Caleb Sampson, is a miracle of invention and wit. It is a character in the movie almost as much as the four interviewees. While there is no narrator, the score underlines and comments upon the words of the four men. It is one of few soundtracks I have ever purchased to listen to on its own.

Wow! What an example of well executed polyphony. Like different melodies coming together in innumerable ways, the stories of these four people harmonize and clash, cross and meet and merge and separate again. A friend of mine expressed his admiration in a spontaneous expression of awe: "How did he know what to shoot and how to shoot it? How could he see, beforehand, which notes from one story would resonate with notes from another, and which images could render those resonances? Did he just shoot the f*** out of it? Basically, I am doubting whether I would ever be able to make a movie that did that, even after seeing this film and knowing it can be done." – Exactly.