Tyson

In the boxer's own words and through video clips of his fights, the gripping documentary shows many sides to his personality

Director Sam Fuller never met Mike Tyson. But when Fuller famously called film "a battleground" and ticked off the components -- "love, hate, action, violence; in one word, emotion" -- he might have been describing the fighter's life. Or as Tyson himself said to James Toback after seeing the director's compelling new documentary, "It's like a Greek tragedy. Only I'm the subject." "Tyson" is not your conventional film biography. There is no variety of viewpoints, no back and forth about notorious episodes in his life and, except for interview footage from the past, no other voices heard or points of view entertained, no matter how controversial the topic. [...]

di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (4858 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 24 aprile 2009