The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those who knew him best

Re:The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those... by ransom1538 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @11:47AM (#18619634)

I refuse to watch the last episode. This way his series will never end.

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Re:The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those... by smacktoward on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:53PM (#18620346)

"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story."

-- Orson Welles

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Re:The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those... by brewdad on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:36PM (#18620186)

The final season is still siting on my DVR. I'm not sure when I'll be ready to watch it.

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Re:The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those... by mixmastamyk on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:27PM (#18621846)

I wasn't able to watch for a while, and then they pulled most/all? of his shows of Netflix. Guess I'll never finish now.

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Re:The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those... by dawhizkid on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:17PM (#18619963)

I found it...macabre. It was very dark.

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Re:The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those... by mhh__ on Thursday December 06, 2018 @07:48PM (#18624110)

Watching old episodes is very ambivalent: The constant joke/open secret discussion of his own self-worth/esteem is still refreshingly honest - even after his death - but now takes on a harrowing new (Although in hindsight perhaps unseen) meaning.

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Re:The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those... by jvagner on Thursday December 06, 2018 @01:45PM (#18620826)

just curious if you could expand on that a little, as i'd have trouble watching it too.

macabre because of what you know now, or was there a shift evident in the tone/subject of the shows themselves?

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Re:The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those... by detritus on Thursday December 06, 2018 @02:13PM (#18621089)

I'm not too sure which the last series is, as I was only introduced fairly shortly before his death to Bourdain's work, but as someone new to him — all his appearances have that faint background noise of world weary despair. It's not overwrought and doesn't in any way taint his shows, but it's a distinct undercurrent. Perhaps I'm sensitive to his language and vaguely grim manner because I've in a very small way seen into various worlds of despair, but I was in no way surprised by his last choice.

It's sad, but he seemed to have lived a good life and at least was in control of his final journey — most of us aren't.

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Re:The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those... by Sileni on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:59PM (#18622174)

I don't think anyone was surprised by his choice. It was part of his person. He knew the other side well, and didn't try to hide it.

That's what made him stand out to me. He wasn't singing the praises of every place he went to. He was a real human being, exploring and talking about what he saw and felt while he was bouncing from place to place. Always a little dismissive, but not because he didn't care about the people or places he was visiting. More because he was an observer to the world, not a participant.

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