Oddly enough, most of the answers were there all along, in Bourdain's well-documented life.įollowing his creative evolution from chef, to addict, to lover, to television personality, Bourdain throws himself headfirst into everything he does. Baffled by why a successful and seemingly happy person would take his own life, people wanted answers. Bourdain continued on with more world traveling foodie paradise shows such as, No Reservations, The Layover, and Parts Unknown, which ended abruptly with his death. He followed the books up with "A Cook's Tour," which focused on his culinary world tour, and "The Nasty Bits." The television show version of A Cooks Tour helped launch Bourdain's rise to international stardom. He turned his back on it with the release of his book "Kitchen Confidential," which proved to the world his ability to tell stories and charm them with his personality. Haunted by addiction, depression, and his own doubts about himself, Bourdain's ghosts sometimes pop up in his witty quips, like when he says, "Here's a little preemptive truth telling: there's no happy ending."īourdain's rise to stardom starts with his career as a chef, where he was part of a chauvinistic culture that he both enjoyed and despised. Cobbled together clips of Bourdain run the gamut of emotion and human experience, showing his jovial and fun-loving side for which people knew him, but also revealing a darker side in which there's something missing from the public eye. The titular figure of this documentary is the celebrity chef and author of "Kitchen Confidential." His charismatic television presence usually involved his traveling the world and having a wonderful time of it, such as his starring role in CNN's Parts Unknown.
Baffled by his sudden suicide, the movie attempts to piece together the life of a beloved international star.
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain is a documentary about the life and death of the celebrity chef and world traveler.