![]() Grigory Rodchenkov." Fogel said, "This has been an intense three and a half year personal journey that exposed the biggest scandal in sports history." Netflix will "give the film an awards push and will release it simultaneously on its streaming service across 190 countries." Impact Partners backed the film ( VARIETY, 1/24). To investigate doping in sports, Dir Bryan Fogel, an amateur bike racer, "decided to dope himself to see if it would strengthen his endurance." To do so, "he connected with a renegade Russian scientist, Dr. The film "contained a killer pitch," and was described by its PR team as "a movie that kicks off in the mold of Morgan Spurlock" (Super Size Me), but "ends up in the tradition of Laura Poitras" (Citizenfour). The $5M pact is "one of the biggest ever for a non-fiction film." Bidding for the film was "intense from almost the moment it premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival." There were "several interested studios circling the project at various points," including Sony Pictures Classics, Neon, Magnolia and Amazon. I enjoyed it nonetheless though and it is definitely worth watching for the most part.In a "historic deal" for a documentary, Netflix has landed “Icarus,” a "buzzy examination" of the Russian doping scandal, according to Lang & Setoodeh of VARIETY. ![]() If Russia did not dope, there would still be doping, (it showed an American sprinter who tested positive for a few mere seconds, and did discuss Lance Armstrong briefly) so just blaming Russia, does not solve the problem, and does not even get at the true heart of the problem in my opinion. If anything its an indictment on the culture of sport, and instead it tries to point fingers at Putin, Russia, or possibly even the IOC etc.in my opinion.missing the point. If these people could get away with doping that easily.than most likely many or at least some others are as well, and it diminished the impact of what they are therefore trying to show. ![]() But it failed to really stir much emotion at the end. The story is interesting though, and I did enjoy it. It is decently done, but.is nothing amazing either as a piece of art. It's directed by a guy that rode bicycles and only directoral work before this was a movie that bombed with a 4.4 rating on IMDB in 2012. This doc should be a shoe-in for the must-watch list of a lifetime. It is a tale of horror of human cruelty and foulness while a tale of perseverance induced by hopelessness and knowledge you can't see anymore. It is a tale of people lying and cheating with straight faces and not a blink of doubt and regret in their eyes. The story itself is very gripping tale that is narrated in visages of Fogel and Rodchenkov and parallels the analogy of an Orwellian society that has existed for so long that one cannot ever escape it without fatal consequences. Ignorance maybe Strength in some world but in your mind, only truth holds you slave irrespective of how you feel about it. Even still, stories like these must told every now and then so as to remind even a handful of people of the responsibility they should have to truth. On top that of that, this is a telling of reality that that has no redemption or no real justice - The Bad Men will always get away with it, because they hold all the right reins, you see. This is movie might not win the Oscar for the very obvious reason that it does not answer the crucial query of how dangerous and game-changing the act of doping can be in Athletics and similar sports that Fogel has set about to find. In that sense, it’s a warning of sorts to those who would try to fly too close to the sun. Kudos to Netflix and Bryan Fogel and his team for making that happen. Icarus is the metaphor for all those who push the boundaries too far. Icarus is a beautifully produced documentary. ![]() This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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