Touches You

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

If you have seen the major motion picture, Foxcatcher, this is the real story. All wrestlers should see this. It is an intimate look at the legendary wrestler Dave Schultz, and his family. It also reveals how John Du Pont descended into madness and murdered Dave. Unlike the Hollywood movie, this is the real story from those that were there.I saw the movie, and it was great. The documentary 30 for 30: The Prince of Pennsylvania was great as well. This documentary is the detailed look at the events, and it gives us a good look at the Schultz family, as well as their struggle with the court case that ensued.

Team Foxcatcher, the documentary, illustrated the demise of the international wrestling power house, Foxcatcher farm. Integrating testimonials, media footage, photographs, and memoirs austerely depicted one of wrestling's worst moments. John Du Pont's murder of international wrestling champion Dave Shultz shocked the sport's world immediately before the 1996 summer olympics. Dave's wife and family appeared emotionally paralyzed while John's state visibly deteriorated from enthusiastic to resentful. The reality was that John could not imitate the athletes whom he nurtured nor could he accept their victories as his own. Unraveling the mystery behind the superficially staid Foxcatcher Team was an eye opening look at private sports' enterprise.

Something about this Documentary makes me feel sick like looking into the eyes of a sick pedophile John DuPont strikes an uncanny resemblance to Robert Durst (The Jinx) Even with the same looks and mannerisms Cant understand how people could be so desperate to be friends with some old loser for moneyand the most sickening of the whole story is Valentin Yordanov What a low life His "friend" gets killed and he doesn't stand by the family instead profits of itThis documentary shows the very worst of human existence

Last night I finished up what I believe is a Netflix original documentary. I thought I had seen this already, but turns out the doc I had already seen was the "30 for 30" installment, "Prince of Pennsylvania". And of course, I had already seen the dramatization from a couple years ago, "Foxcatcher". This one focuses more on the relationship between wrestler, Dave Schultz, and billionaire eccentric, John du Pont, whereas it seemed the other two focused more on Dave's brother, Mark, who Channing Tatum played in the film. This is such a fascinating story of insanity, wealth, privilege, power- all out of control, and an innocent victim- Dave- who, by all accounts was an all-around incredible stand-up human being. The big surprise in this whole story, and maybe saving grace, is that for once all that money and privilege could not save Mr. du Pont, who ended up rotting in prison til his death a few years ago at a ripe old age. But definitely check this out when you get a chance- even if you've seen the other two films already. I think in many ways, this one is actually the most powerful of the three...