'Sr.' starts off as an off-the-wall documentary about Robert Downey Sr.: Legendary underground filmmaker, uncompromising artist, Iron Man's dad. It ends as a beautiful tribute to a father from his son. Our review:
— was asked what subjects he might be interested in pursuing in terms of a new project, he didn’t mention a “what.” Instead, he gave his producers a “who”: Robert Downey Jr. Thefilmmaker thought that the former man in the iron suit would make a fascinating subject for a doc. When he approached the star, however, Downey demurred. He wasn’t interested in someone doing a film about him. But he did mention a counter-offer: What about my dad? You should film that guy.
So Smith and his fellow producer/cameraman Kevin Ford start rolling film on the old man, and it turns out that Downey Sr. is no more interested in someone telling his life story than his son is. As a sort of bargaining chip, they let him make his own concurrent, alternate version of the doc while they’re shooting their take. He’s already directing Smith on where to shoot, how to frame things, etc. — once a filmmaker, always a filmmaker. Downey 1.
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