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Chris Bell talks inspiration for film, turning the camera on himself


The "Bigger, Faster, Stronger" director talks about how the death of his brother led him to investigating America's overreliance on prescription painkillers and how he ultimately decided to turn the camera on himself:

http://moveablefest.com/moveable_fest/2016/01/christopher-bell-prescription-thugs.html

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I didn't believe him when he said he wasn't using drugs but when the big reveal came it was arranged in such a way that I didn't expect it.

He's actually pretty good at making movies which is a point to be made about his dead brother.
The categories created by the mental health care industry don't really cover things properly.
If you're disappointed over your wrestling career, what options related to entertainment have you explored?
Writing, acting, music etc.?

We get so dead set on goals that the options just don't make any sense even though they are relative. In fact they don't even seem relative because of the tunnel vision that forms.
Looking at how well Chris put this movie together maybe he found his calling without ever expecting it.

Truthfully the documentary didn't really show me anything new or prove anything. It stated the obvious about the drug trade and how the legislators have empowered kingpins who employ college educated doctors as drug pushers.
Why would I take drugs when I can exercise and rarely if ever hurt from my permanent disabilities and injuries?
Because other problems create so much emotional pain that the drugs I can get for those physical problems make the emotional problems irrelevant. Well if you're not dealing with those emotional causes and you're taking drugs that make everything feel fine it's unlikely you will maintain that exercise that eliminates your physical limitations or outright pain.

Nobody addresses the complex situation of each individual including those in the treatment industry.

This documentary was entertaining but it really doesn't cover the subject in a new, crucial perspective as I have vaguely addressed in this post.
He used the revelation of his drug abuse as an entertainment climax which is entertainment film making rather than informative documentation.

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