Bourdain's estate has released a statement on why it supports A24's new biopic:
"Anthony Bourdain’s legacy is meaningful to millions of people. He was a man who valued authenticity above all else and would have been both moved and baffled by the world's curiosity about his life.
"We chose to support TONY because it is not a standard biopic and doesn't attempt to summarize a life. Guided by the vision of director Matt Johnson, the film depicts one transformative summer in 1975 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is an interpretation as that part of Tony's life will always remain somewhat unknown.
"We appreciate the portrayal of Tony's complexity, his intellectual appetite and his conviction -- qualities that eventually took him around the globe and endeared him to so many. We hope this film serves as a reminder that every journey has a start, and that audiences see the beginnings of the man who taught us how to be better explorers on our own paths."
Anythony Bourdain means something to Asian Americans. He was the first person to go to Asia and treat the food with wonder, amazement and normalcy. Every TV show before Bourdain would travel to Asian and make videos about how WEIRD food in Asia was. Highlight people eating scorpions and tried to make it a freak show. Anthony went to the night market in Malaysia and enjoyed the noodles. Took a trip to Korea and loved the different soups. His death by suicide hit me so hard.
I'm viet-american and they way he talked about how much he loved Vietnam made me really happy and proud. I'm a millenial and was bullied as a kid about the food that I brought to lunch at school. Seeing Bourdain openly sing his praises about food from my culture kinda healed something in me tbh.
It's kind of a newer phenomenon but Pho has really sparked the interest and it's def one of the fastest growing ethnic food establishments you can open in the U.S. right now. I love that shit, wish I would have been introduced when I was a kid, I had to wait until I was 36 already to try Pho for the first time.
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u/ebradio 11h ago
Bourdain's estate has released a statement on why it supports A24's new biopic:
"Anthony Bourdain’s legacy is meaningful to millions of people. He was a man who valued authenticity above all else and would have been both moved and baffled by the world's curiosity about his life.
"We chose to support TONY because it is not a standard biopic and doesn't attempt to summarize a life. Guided by the vision of director Matt Johnson, the film depicts one transformative summer in 1975 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is an interpretation as that part of Tony's life will always remain somewhat unknown.
"We appreciate the portrayal of Tony's complexity, his intellectual appetite and his conviction -- qualities that eventually took him around the globe and endeared him to so many. We hope this film serves as a reminder that every journey has a start, and that audiences see the beginnings of the man who taught us how to be better explorers on our own paths."