IMDb plot summary: Affectionate portrait of Tim "Speed" Levitch, a tour guide for Manhattan's Gray Line double-decker buses.
Directed by Bennett Miller.
This is an incredibly straightforward documentary, following our central character around New York City and letting him talk about whatever he wants to talk about. I don't think most of what he's saying is nearly as profound as either he or the documentarian thinks it is, but I have no doubt he believes deeply in all he's saying and that makes him kind of a fascinating figure. He takes this somewhat dreary job of being a tour bus guide and imbues it with meaning that clearly makes it worth it for himself, which is possibly more interesting than if it was meaningful for the rest of us. It's not something I have a desire to rewatch (an hour and 16 minutes is quite enough time to spend with this guy, who I find ultimately a little exhausting), but it was interesting for a single viewing.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Cruise < Star Trek Into Darkness
The Cruise > The Proposal
The Cruise > The Visitor
The Cruise > Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
The Cruise > Happy Christmas
The Cruise < Stepmom
The Cruise > The Dresser
The Cruise < Real Genius
The Cruise > A Time to Kill
The Cruise < The Wailing
The Cruise < Cool Hand Luke
The Cruise < The Paperboy
Final spot: #1522 out of 2920.
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