There's also a breathtaking shot of Jones doing yoga in the present day which seamlessly cuts to footage of him performing the same pose in the early '80s. The cuts between old footage of Quincy working with his mentors and shots of him mentoring a younger generation that includes the likes of Kendrick Lamar are particularly effective. Hearing him narrate his story, including his difficult relationship with his mother and the highs of working with Michael Jackson on "Thriller," is extremely moving. Jones has worked with all the greats, but was particularly close to Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra. No matter what, we are always seeing the subject through the filmmaker's eyes. In the end, "Team Foxcatcher" makes a great companion to the 2014 film because you realize that all movies, whether they're fictional recreations of real events or documentaries, are edited versions of events, and leave so much out. There are many odd details in the documentary that add even more bizarre twists to the story, such as the fact that the local police were given free rein to hunt on the farm or that, at one point, du Pont decided black was an unlucky color and dismissed all of the Black athletes from the team. Dave Schultz's family was just one of several who came to live on the grounds of the Foxcatcher Farm in the '80s and '90s and, as with many documentaries, there is an astonishing amount of footage of people just hanging out. Eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, a wrestling fanatic, funds a team that lives and trains on his property, hoping to push the USA's wrestling team to greater Olympic success. "If the musical is the American art form, then the industrial musical is the hyper-American art form." It illuminates an American corporate world that no longer exists, when workers served for life, and would make a great double-bill with "American Factory." If you're interested in mid-20th century Americana, as I am, you will love this documentary. It's a window into the post-war consumerist boom that lasted from the 1950s through the 1980s. Young becomes obsessive about finding recordings of these musicals, as well as tracking down their writers and performers. At one point, Young was tasked with finding unusual vinyl records for the show, and accidentally stumbled into the hidden world of the "industrial musical." Basically, when big corporations like Ford, Hoover, or Kraft had their annual conventions, they would often commission original musicals that promoted their brand's values, offered advice to salesmen, and featured storylines involving the company's products. In "Bathtubs Over Broadway," this person is the former head writer for "Late Show with David Letterman," Steve Young.
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