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All This Mayhem
2014 · Film · documentary · 104 min
Directed by Eddie Martin
A searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account of drugs and the dark side of professional skateboarding, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas' intense bond and charisma take them from the pinnacle of their sport into a spiraling world of self-destruction.
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I love documentaries, and these are my favourites. All very worth a watch.
- The Crash Reel
- McConkey
- Buck
- Apollo 11
- Carts of Darkness
- The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
- Samsara
- Baraka
- Brooklyn Castle
- Spellbound
- Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
- Crumb
- The Jinx
- The Art of Flight
- King of Kong
- Indie Game: The Movie
- Capturing the Friedmans
- OJ: Made in America
- The Barkley Marathons
- The Seven Five
- Murderball
- Unbranded
- Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
- Big River Man
- Hoop Dreams
- Word Wars
- Free Solo
- Long Shot
- Meru
- Being Elmo
- All This Mayhem
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi
- The Cove
- Project Nim
- Alone in the Wilderness
- Behind the Curve
- The Dawn Wall
- Grizzly Man
- 13th
- Winnebago Man
- Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler
- Get Me Roger Stone
- Icarus
- 13th
- Koyaanisqatsi
- The Thin Blue Line
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Oklahoma City
- Virunga
- The Staircase
- Evil Genius
- Undefeated
- Betting on zero
Those interested in 90s skateboarding should check out the 2014 documentary All This Mayhem, about the Pappas brothers, Tas and Ben.
It documents the rivalry between Tony Hawk and the Pappas boys in the 90s, and the conjecture over Hawk’s and Tas Pappas’ attempts to be the first to land a 900 spin. It draws a striking contrast between the clean-cut, media/corporate-friendly international superstar-in-the-making Hawk, vs the very raw, abrasive Pappas boys from a troubled home in one of the most downtrodden outer suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.
Very different characters, but equal for skating talent, and the Pappas boys had several tournament wins over Hawk.
Sadly the Pappas boys’ lives spiraled into drug-fueled hell and wound up in very dark places, whilst Hawk rode the wave to the top and stayed there.
It is co-produced by James Gay-Rees and others who worked on Senna, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Amy and Palio, so it’s well-made.
https://youtu.be/acX4w3lPiiU