Lance
- TV Series
- 2020
- 3h 22m
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7.5/10
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A personal examination of the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong.A personal examination of the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong.A personal examination of the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong.
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"Lance" vs. "The Armstrong Lie": and the winner is...
"Lance" (2020 release in 2 parts; 205 min.) is a TV documentary about the life and times of Lance Armstrong. As the movie opens, Lance addresses the camera and says "I'm going to tell you my truth". The first question from the director to Lance: "When was the first time you dope?", which seems to take Armstrong by surprise ("so this is how it's going to go, huh?" Armstrong eventually responds it was at age 21). We then go back in time to Lance's upbringing in Plano, TX, and how at age 15 he became a break-out star in triathlon. At this point we are less than 15 min. into the documentary...
Couple of comments: this film is directed by Marina Zenovich, the award-winning documentarian whose previous work includes "Robin WIlliam: Come Inside My Mind" and "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired", just to name those. Here she is granted "all access" to the Lance Armstrong of today, with Lance being forthright to the best of his ability and memory as to what all transpired in his cycling career and beyond. The first part of the documentary takes us through 1999 and includes of course Lance's battle with testicular cancer and his eventual return to cycling while also presiding over the Live Strong non-profit. The second part of the documentary focuses almost exclusively on Lance's fall from grace. If you are a cyclist fan, beware that some, but not a great amount, attention is given to his cycling achievements. You may recall that in 2013, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney released the documentary "The Armstrong Lie", in the wake of Lance's confession of it all to Oprah Winfrey. So the question is what does "Lance" bring to the table that "The Armstrong Lie" didn't? To be honest, not a great deal. No new revelations of any kind. Yes, Lance is more remorseful than in 2013, but equally more cocky than ever before. Not sure if this documentary will change anyone's mind about Lance the person and/or Lance the cyclist.
"Lance" premiered at this year's Sundance film festival to good acclaim and recently aired on ESPN in its ongoing 30 For 30 series. I quite enjoyed watching this, although it lacks of course the element of shock and dismay when all of this unfolded in 2012013 culminating in the infamous Oprah interview. Still, if you are a fan of cycling and/or of Lance, I'd readily suggest you check this out and draw your own conclusion...
Couple of comments: this film is directed by Marina Zenovich, the award-winning documentarian whose previous work includes "Robin WIlliam: Come Inside My Mind" and "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired", just to name those. Here she is granted "all access" to the Lance Armstrong of today, with Lance being forthright to the best of his ability and memory as to what all transpired in his cycling career and beyond. The first part of the documentary takes us through 1999 and includes of course Lance's battle with testicular cancer and his eventual return to cycling while also presiding over the Live Strong non-profit. The second part of the documentary focuses almost exclusively on Lance's fall from grace. If you are a cyclist fan, beware that some, but not a great amount, attention is given to his cycling achievements. You may recall that in 2013, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney released the documentary "The Armstrong Lie", in the wake of Lance's confession of it all to Oprah Winfrey. So the question is what does "Lance" bring to the table that "The Armstrong Lie" didn't? To be honest, not a great deal. No new revelations of any kind. Yes, Lance is more remorseful than in 2013, but equally more cocky than ever before. Not sure if this documentary will change anyone's mind about Lance the person and/or Lance the cyclist.
"Lance" premiered at this year's Sundance film festival to good acclaim and recently aired on ESPN in its ongoing 30 For 30 series. I quite enjoyed watching this, although it lacks of course the element of shock and dismay when all of this unfolded in 2012013 culminating in the infamous Oprah interview. Still, if you are a fan of cycling and/or of Lance, I'd readily suggest you check this out and draw your own conclusion...
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- paul-allaer
- Jun 3, 2020
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