{"id":47714,"date":"2021-08-02T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T09:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=47714"},"modified":"2024-09-15T01:51:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T01:51:56","slug":"crossing-the-line-how-the-roadrunner-documentary-created-an-ethics-firestorm","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/articles\/crossing-the-line-how-the-roadrunner-documentary-created-an-ethics-firestorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing the Line: How the \u201cRoadrunner\u201d Documentary Created an Ethics Firestorm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns article-content is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" data-attachment-id=\"47702\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/rr_fp_00785_rgb-lr-1200x630\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RR_FP_00785_rgb-LR-1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Courtesy of CNN \/ Focus Features&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville&#039;s documentary, ROADRUNNER, a Focus Features release. Courtesy of CNN \/ Focus Features&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a92021 Focus Features, LLC.&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RR_FP_00785_rgb-LR-1200&amp;#215;630\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RR_FP_00785_rgb-LR-1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RR_FP_00785_rgb-LR-1200x630-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47702\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville\u2019s new documentary <em>Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain<\/em> is an emotionally gripping portrait of the widely beloved kitchen worker-turned-bestselling author and global television star who died by suicide in 2018, leaving behind grieving fans, friends and colleagues, and loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re probably going to find out about this anyway, so here\u2019s a little preemptive truth-telling,\u201d Bourdain\u2019s voice-over intones during the first few minutes of the film. \u201cThere\u2019s no happy ending.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/16\/1016533992\/anthony-bourdain-roadrunner-documentary-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jason Sheehan<\/a>, in his review for <em>NPR<\/em>, observes that <em>Roadrunner<\/em> doesn\u2019t cover Bourdain\u2019s rise to fame, which didn\u2019t begin until he was in his 40s, \u201cso much as the apex \u2014 stretched out across almost two decades. <em>Here\u2019s this guy<\/em>, it says. <em>He\u2019s dead now, but you probably knew him. Or thought you did. Or believed you did. This is who he really was<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Roadrunner<\/em> \u201cgathers the people who knew him best,\u201d Sheehan writes. \u201cFriends, partners, chefs, members of his team, his second wife, his brother. They\u2019re all there to tell their stories, to explain him \u2014 and then admit that they never could. To laud him and say how much they loved him, and then dissolve into fury at his end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ROADRUNNER: A Film About Anthony Bourdain - Official Trailer [HD] - In Theaters July 16\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ihEEjwRlghQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/16\/1016533992\/anthony-bourdain-roadrunner-documentary-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Thought I Knew Anthony Bourdain. \u2018Roadrunner\u2019 Shows Us Who He Really Was (NPR)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The feature documentary, which is currently in theaters from Focus Features and will stream on HBO Max later this year, set a box office record in July for the biggest pandemic-era specialty release with a $1.9 million debut, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/anthony-bourdain-doc-roadrunner-box-office-1234984155\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pamela McClintock<\/a> at <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Roadrunner<\/em>\u2019s performance at the box office is a much-needed boost for the specialty film business, McClintock notes, which has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Combined with the successful release of A24\u2019s <em>Zola<\/em> and Fox Searchlight\u2019s <em>Summer of Soul<\/em> documentary, <em>Roadrunner<\/em>\u2019s achievement is another clear signal that cinema isn\u2019t necessarily dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/anthony-bourdain-doc-roadrunner-box-office-1234984155\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Box Office: Anthony Bourdain Doc \u2018Roadrunner\u2019 Sets Pandemic-Era Record With $1.9M Debut (The Hollywood Reporter)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-css-opacity has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\" id=\"navigating-the-metaverse\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/?s=metaverse&amp;v=content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/?s=Motion%20Picture%20\/%20Film%20and%20Documentary&amp;v=content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NOT WHODUNNIT, BUT HOW-DUNNIT \u2014 DIGGING INTO DOCUMENTARIES:<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" id=\"the-metaverse-may-be-a-wild-frontier-but-here-at-nab-amplify-we-ve-got-you-covered-hand-selected-from-our-archives-here-are-some-of-the-essential-insights-you-ll-need-to-expand-your-knowledge-base-and-confidently-explore-the-new-horizons-ahead\"><em><em>Documentary filmmakers are unleashing cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality to bring their projects to life. Gain insights into the making of these groundbreaking projects with these articles extracted from the <\/em><\/em>NAB Amplify<em><em> archives:<\/em><\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/articles\/the-sparks-brothers-assembling-a-musical-odyssey-turned-pop-art-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Sparks Brothers:\u201d A Musical Odyssey Turned Pop Art Documentary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/articles\/ill-be-your-mirror-reflection-and-refraction-in-the-velvet-underground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I\u2019ll Be Your Mirror: Reflection and Refraction in \u201cThe Velvet Underground\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/articles\/create-navalny-when-your-documentary-becomes-a-spy-thriller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cNavalny:\u201d When Your Documentary Ends Up As a Spy Thriller<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/articles\/restored-and-reborn-summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Restored and Reborn: \u201cSummer of Soul (\u2026Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/articles\/create-it-was-a-long-and-winding-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It WAS a Long and Winding Road: Producing Peter Jackson\u2019s Epic Documentary \u201cThe Beatles: Get Back\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-css-opacity has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The director, who won an Academy Award for <em>20 Feet from Stardom<\/em> in 2014, and an Emmy for <em>Best of Enemies<\/em> in 2015, received critical acclaim for his Fred Rogers documentary, <em>Won\u2019t You Be My Neighbor?<\/em>, in 2018. But <em>Roadrunner<\/em> became the subject of controversy almost immediately, after it was revealed that Neville had used artificial intelligence to recreate Bourdain\u2019s voice for sections of the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Near the end of the film\u2019s second act, artist David Choe reads aloud an email he had received from Bourdain. \u201cDude, this is a crazy thing to ask, but I\u2019m curious\u2026\u201d we hear Choe read. Then Choe\u2019s voice fades out and is replaced by Bourdain\u2019s: \u201c. . . and my life is sort of shit now. You are successful, and I am successful, and I\u2019m wondering: Are you happy?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked how he had obtained a recording of Bourdain reading his own email in an interview with <em>The New Yorker<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/annals-of-gastronomy\/the-haunting-afterlife-of-anthony-bourdain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helen Rosner<\/a>, Neville disclosed that he had used AI to recreate the celebrated TV host\u2019s voice. \u201cIf you watch the film, other than that line you mentioned, you probably don\u2019t know what the other lines are that were spoken by the AI, and you\u2019re not going to know,\u201d he told Rosner. \u201cWe can have a documentary-ethics panel about it later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RR_FP_00798_RC_rgb-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47701\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/annals-of-gastronomy\/the-haunting-afterlife-of-anthony-bourdain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Haunting New Documentary About Anthony Bourdain (The New Yorker)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The internet immediately exploded in outrage, with people posting hot takes such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/CharlesPulliam\/status\/1415730208037117954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Well, this is ghoulish<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/svqjournalist\/status\/1415784380702740481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This is awful<\/a>,\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patbits\/status\/1415702857291083781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WTF?!<\/a>\u201c on Twitter, where Bourdain\u2019s faked voice instantly became a trending topic. Film critic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2021\/07\/15\/roadrunner-anthony-bourdain-documentary-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sean Burns<\/a>, who had already given the documentary a critical review, had one of the most damning tweets, writing, \u201cI feel like this tells you all you need to know about the ethics of the people behind this project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The backlash was swift and unmistakable. \u201cThe idea that the filmmakers used AI to put words in a deceased person\u2019s mouth is egregious. Unfortunately, the creeping use and abuse of this new technology in films and documentaries is becoming more prevalent \u2014 and it is unsettling, to say the least,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/culture\/film\/ai-anthony-bourdain-film-roadrunner-morgan-neville-technology-unethical-1115865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christina Newland<\/a> pronounced in <em>iNews<\/em>. \u201cManipulating AI and deepfake technology to raise the dead \u2014 who have no voices or consent to give \u2014 is at best distasteful, and at worst unethical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roadrunner-05-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47695\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/culture\/film\/ai-anthony-bourdain-film-roadrunner-morgan-neville-technology-unethical-1115865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manipulating AI to raise the dead, like Anthony Bourdain, is distasteful, unethical, and an insult to art (iNews)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLater has arrived,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/16\/1016838440\/ai-brought-anthony-bourdains-voice-back-to-life-should-it-have\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Limbong<\/a> declared in an opinion piece for <em>NPR<\/em>, which includes a quote from Sheehan, who was unaware that Bourdain\u2019s voice had been recreated for the film when he wrote his review. Sheehan wasn\u2019t sure how he felt about the controversy, he told Limbong:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI mean, is it all that different than Ken Burns having Sam Waterston read Abraham Lincoln\u2019s letters in his Civil War documentary? Neville claims that he used Bourdain\u2019s own words \u2014 things that he\u2019d written or said that just didn\u2019t exist on tape \u2014 and that matters,\u201d Sheehan said, adding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf Burns had asked Waterston to make Lincoln say how much he loved the new Subaru Outback, then sure. That\u2019s a problem. But this isn\u2019t that. This is the (admittedly queasy) choice to bring back to life the voice of a dead guy, and make that voice speak words that already existed in another form. Is it creepy, knowing about it now? Absolutely. Was it wrong? I don\u2019t think so. But these things are decided in public. It\u2019ll get hashed out on social media and in spaces like this. And then we\u2019ll move on, all of us having been forced to briefly consider the possibility of an endless zombie future where nothing we\u2019ve ever said or written ever really goes away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roadrunner-04-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47694\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/16\/1016838440\/ai-brought-anthony-bourdains-voice-back-to-life-should-it-have\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI Brought Anthony Bourdain\u2019s Voice Back To Life. Should It Have? (NPR)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neville described the process of recreating Bourdain\u2019s voice using AI in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/anthony-bourdain-morgan-neville-roadrunner-documentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brett Martin<\/a> for <em>GQ<\/em>. \u201cWe fed more than ten hours of Tony\u2019s voice into an AI model,\u201d the director recounted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe bigger the quantity, the better the result. We worked with four companies before settling on the best. We also had to figure out the best tone of Tony\u2019s voice: His speaking voice versus his \u2018narrator\u2019 voice, which itself changed dramatically of over the years. The narrator voice got very performative and sing-songy in the <em>No Reservation<\/em> years. I checked, you know, with his widow and his literary executor, just to make sure people were cool with that. And they were like, Tony would have been cool with that. I wasn\u2019t putting words into his mouth. I was just trying to make them come alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"720\" width=\"1134\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roadrunner-03-LR.jpg?resize=1134%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47693\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/anthony-bourdain-morgan-neville-roadrunner-documentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Was Anthony Bourdain Searching For? (GQ)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helen Rosner, who broke the story in her interview with Neville, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/annals-of-gastronomy\/the-ethics-of-a-deepfake-anthony-bourdain-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revisited the ethics of using AI<\/a> to recreate Bourdain\u2019s voice in a separate article for <em>The New Yorker<\/em>, writing that while she was surprised by the revelation, \u201cCreating a synthetic Bourdain voice-over seemed to me far less crass than, say, a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/44tKpQ5Fo2Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CGI Fred Astaire<\/a> put to work selling vacuum cleaners in a Dirt Devil commercial, or a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TGbrFmPBV0Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">holographic Tupac Shakur<\/a> performing alongside Snoop Dogg at Coachella, and far more trivial than the intentional blending of fiction and nonfiction in, for instance, Errol Morris\u2019s <em>Thin Blue Line<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, Rosner found the AI-generated audio to be less disturbing than the exclusion of Bourdain\u2019s former girlfriend, Asia Argento, from the film. \u201cI was more troubled by the fact that Neville said he hadn\u2019t interviewed Bourdain\u2019s former girlfriend Asia Argento, who is portrayed in the film as the agent of his unravelling,\u201d she states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDocumentary film, like nonfiction writing, is a broad and loose category, encompassing everything from unedited, unmanipulated v\u00e9rit\u00e9 to highly constructed and reconstructed narratives,\u201d Rosner continues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWinsor McCay\u2019s short <em>The Sinking of the Lusitania<\/em>, a propaganda film, from 1918, that\u2019s considered an early example of the animated-documentary form, was made entirely from reenacted and re-created footage. Ari Folman\u2019s Oscar-nominated <em>Waltz with Bashir<\/em>, from 2008, is a cinematic memoir of war told through animation, with an unreliable narrator, and with the inclusion of characters who are entirely fictional.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"720\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roadrunner-01-LR.jpg?resize=1080%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47691\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compiling her own ethics panel, Rosner spoke with two experts \u2014 Sam Gregory, a former filmmaker and the program director of human-rights nonprofit Witness, which focuses on ethical applications of video and technology, and Karen Hao, an editor at the <em>MIT Technology Review<\/em> who focuses on artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Gregory and Hao agreed that the two core issues with the <em>Roadrunner<\/em> controversy were consent and disclosure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you look at a Ken Burns documentary, it doesn\u2019t say \u2018reconstruction\u2019 at the bottom of every photo he\u2019s animated. But there\u2019s norms and context \u2014 trying to think, within the nature of the genre, how we might show manipulation in a way that\u2019s responsible to the audience and doesn\u2019t deceive them,\u201d said Gregory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are really awesome creative uses for these tools, but we have to be really cautious of how we use them early on,\u201d said Hao, pointing to the re-creation of the late Marcia Wallace\u2019s voice for <em>The Simpsons<\/em> character Edna Krabappel as an ethical use of the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou know that the person\u2019s voice is not representing them, so there\u2019s less attachment to the fact that the voice might be fake,\u201d she said, adding that in the context of a documentary, however, \u201cYou\u2019re not expecting to suddenly be viewing fake footage, or hearing fake audio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RR_FP_00468_rgb-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47687\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/annals-of-gastronomy\/the-ethics-of-a-deepfake-anthony-bourdain-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ethics of a Deepfake Anthony Bourdain Voice (The New Yorker)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHave documentaries evolved to the point where the very term \u2018documentary\u2019 has lost all meaning?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/anthony-bourdain-roadrunner-deepfake-documentaries\/2021\/07\/19\/9b582702-e7c7-11eb-97a0-a09d10181e36_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ann Hornaday<\/a> asked in an opinion piece for <em>The Washington Post<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe idea that what we thought was Bourdain\u2019s voice was, in fact, a deepfake elicited gasps among purists, as well as some of Bourdain\u2019s passionate fans, who expressed feelings of betrayal and even trauma at having their idol posthumously exploited. Although Neville insists that he had the permission of Bourdain\u2019s former wife and literary executor to make the AI recordings, Ottavia Bourdain issued a tart statement disavowing her cooperation: \u2018I certainly was NOT the one who said Tony would be cool with that,\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OttaviaBourdain\/status\/1415889455005716485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she tweeted<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Hornaday goes beyond the outrage <em>du jour<\/em>, examining the place of truth in documentary filmmaking. \u201cTechnically, a documentary is so called because it documents events as they unfold. But, contrary to conventional wisdom, documentaries are never mere recordings of reality. On some level, they always lie, or at least bend the truth \u2014 which doesn\u2019t always mean they\u2019re dishonest,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RR_FP_00312_rgb-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"David Chang and Anthony Bourdain star in Morgan Neville's documentary, \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47686\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Chang and Anthony Bourdain star in Morgan Neville&#8217;s documentary, \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, Hornaday maintains, it\u2019s up to audiences to remember that documentaries aren\u2019t journalism. \u201cThey\u2019re art,\u201d she says. \u201cAlthough nonfiction filmmakers use journalistic tools such as interviews, research and acute observation, they aren\u2019t reporters but storytellers, who will go to any lengths necessary to engage their audience not just through information, but emotion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The uproar over Bourdain\u2019s AI-generated voice \u201cis but the latest iteration of an argument that has attended the nonfiction genre throughout its evolution,\u201d Hornaday asserts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat debate goes as far back as 1922, when Robert Flaherty released the silent film <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3F0G3IZA6OI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nanook of the North<\/a><\/em>, a portrait of an Inuk family in the Canadian Arctic that contained staged scenes of the protagonist hunting and interacting with a White fur trader. In 1988, Errol Morris revolutionized the form with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Mnlq0TurT3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Thin Blue Line<\/a><\/em>, a riveting true-crime procedural in which he used stylized, slow-motion inserts and re-creations to heighten dramatic tension.:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hornaday argues that Neville could have avoided controversy \u201csimply by disclosing the fact that a few lines in <em>Roadrunner<\/em> were produced in a computer rather than spoken by Bourdain,\u201d in the film\u2019s opening or closing credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RR_FP_00081_rgb-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: Dmitri Kasterine\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47684\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: Dmitri Kasterine\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best examples of this kind of transparency, Hornaday contends, can be found in projects like Sarah Polley\u2019s 2012 documentary, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dNsGga8SqHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stories We Tell<\/a><\/em>, which interweaves interviews and documentary footage with reenactments and more speculative material, all \u201cskillfully disentangled\u201d at the end of the film to reveal her creative process. \u201cIt\u2019s a gesture that simultaneously reflects Polley\u2019s confidence as a director and a deep respect for her tacit contract with viewers for whom the word \u2018documentary\u2019 entails the expectation that, even if what they\u2019re seeing isn\u2019t the whole \u2018truth,\u2019 at least they won\u2019t be tricked or purposefully deceived,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s that contract that led Heidi Ewing \u2014 best known for the nonfiction films she has co-directed with Rachel Grady \u2014 to insist that her latest production, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ueldqg6D-Wk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Carry You With Me<\/a><\/em>, be called a narrative feature, not a hybrid (and certainly not a documentary),\u201d Hornaday continues. \u201cThe film tells the story of two real-life men who met in Mexico and eventually moved to the United States; Ewing cast actors to play them as children, dramatizing early events of their lives, creating composite characters and adding imaginary scenes. Although the actual protagonists appear in <em>I Carry You With Me<\/em>, Ewing says, she had no doubt what category the film belonged in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/I-Carry-You-With-Me.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Jose \u00c1ngel Garrido and Armando Espitia in \u201cI Carry You With Me.\u201d Filmmaker Heidi Ewing insisted the film be called a narrative feature and not a documentary. Cr: Alejandro Lopez Pineda\/Sony Pictures Classics\" class=\"wp-image-47727\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jose \u00c1ngel Garrido and Armando Espitia in \u201cI Carry You With Me.\u201d Filmmaker Heidi Ewing insisted the film be called a narrative feature and not a documentary. Cr: Alejandro Lopez Pineda\/Sony Pictures Classics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/anthony-bourdain-roadrunner-deepfake-documentaries\/2021\/07\/19\/9b582702-e7c7-11eb-97a0-a09d10181e36_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The controversy over Anthony Bourdain\u2019s deepfaked voice is a reminder that documentaries aren\u2019t journalism (Washington Post)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neville defended the re-creation of Bourdain\u2019s voice for his film, telling <em>ABC News<\/em>, \u201cIt was a modern storytelling technique that I used in a few places where I thought it was important to make Tony\u2019s words come alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carolyn Giardina, tech editor at <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, also weighed in, commenting, \u201cIt\u2019s very sensitive because Anthony Bourdain obviously had a tragic death. This and similar uses, I think are going to continue to be a gray area for quite some time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\/embed?id=78880088\" width=\"100%\" height=\"460\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But criticism about <em>Roadrunner<\/em> didn\u2019t focus solely on the digital re-creation of Bourdain\u2019s voice. The voice of Bourdain\u2019s last romantic partner, Asia Argento, is missing from the film even though she figures prominently in the wrenching final act, and the perceived implication that she had somehow been responsible for Bourdain\u2019s death has drawn ire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking again to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/anthony-bourdain-morgan-neville-roadrunner-documentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brett Martin<\/a> at <em>GQ<\/em>, Neville admitted that he hadn\u2019t attempted to contact Argento. \u201cI didn\u2019t. Just because I feel like the complication and weight of her part of the story could capsize the film in a heartbeat,\u201d he explained, adding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s so complicated. And I felt like it wasn\u2019t actually going to teach me any more about Tony. Whenever I started to bring in more of the story, it just made people ask ten more questions, which weren\u2019t interesting questions. They were just, like, <em>What about this? How did that happen?<\/em> Somebody else can make that movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RR_FP_00276_rgb-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain and Ottavia Busia-Bourdain star in Morgan Neville's documentary, \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: Discovery Access\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47685\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain and Ottavia Busia-Bourdain star in Morgan Neville&#8217;s documentary, \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: Discovery Access\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using all of the filmmaking techniques at his disposal, Neville sought to create a portrait of a complex man who was adored but not necessarily liked, and who wrestled with his own self-destructive impulses. Bourdain also grappled with his contributions to \u201ctoxic male kitchen culture\u201d inspired by his book <em>Kitchen Confidential<\/em>, and the complications of filming in underdeveloped nations as if he was introducing them to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think he was definitely aware of a kind of sell-by date for the white \u2018colonial\u2019 voice telling people what\u2019s interesting,\u201d Neville told <em>GQ<\/em>. \u201cI really think\u2026 that Tony would have been thrilled if he could not be in his show. He didn\u2019t want it to be about him, but that became kind of the price the public demanded of him in order to do it. He definitely worried about who was benefitting from what he was doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At one point <em>Roadrunner<\/em> draws a parallel between Bourdain\u2019s trip to the Congo and <em>Apocalypse Now<\/em>, a creative choice Martin asked Neville to explain. \u201cThat story, to me, was about, \u2018Is he Willard or is he Kurtz?\u2019 Is he the rational journalist? Or is he the one who has become the protagonist and gone insane?\u201d Neville said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel like that\u2019s the dialectic he wrestled with whether the story took place in the Congo or anywhere. I actually think that episode is one of the best depictions of life in central Africa that\u2019s ever been on American television, but that\u2019s the part I was leaning into and, yeah, it\u2019s dancing up against some pretty racist tropes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roadrunner-06-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47696\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/anthony-bourdain-morgan-neville-roadrunner-documentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Was Anthony Bourdain Searching For? (GQ)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her review for <em>Vox<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/22573903\/roadrunner-anthony-bourdain-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alissa Wilkinson<\/a> writes that her eyebrows raised a few times during the film and as she considered it afterward. \u201cI am bothered by the section that involves Argento \u2014 it veers disturbingly close to outright blaming her for Bourdain\u2019s death,\u201d she says. \u201cMost likely, it\u2019s his friends\u2019 attempt to find a cause for his death, but that\u2019s an ill-advised way to grapple with death by suicide. Bafflingly, Neville has said he didn\u2019t ask Argento to participate in the film, which would have been a lot more fair to her, and the decision to exclude her without informing viewers raises some acute ethical questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/RR_FP_00014_rgb-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47699\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville\u2019s documentary \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/22573903\/roadrunner-anthony-bourdain-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The new Anthony Bourdain doc is ethically thorny but worth watching (Vox)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writing for <em>The Ringer<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/movies\/2021\/7\/20\/22584986\/anthony-bourdain-roadrunner-documentary-movie-ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alison Herman<\/a> notes that toward the end of the film Neville includes a \u201cdisclaimer of sorts\u201d in the form of Michael Steed, who served as a producer on Bourdain\u2019s shows <em>No Reservations<\/em> and <em>Parts Unknown<\/em>. \u201cI don\u2019t want to, like, blame the girlfriend, or blame the lover, or blame the husband,\u201d Steed says in the film. \u201cTony killed himself. Tony did it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That Steed is just one of the many close associates Neville interviews, a group that spans Bourdain\u2019s friends, family, and colleagues, makes Argento\u2019s exclusion all the more damning. \u201c<em>Roadrunner<\/em>\u2019s guest roster is so comprehensive that Argento\u2019s absence is especially obvious,\u201d Herman writes, adding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe interlude is both uncomfortable and necessary; without it, <em>Roadrunner<\/em> would walk right up to the line of doing exactly what Steed says he wants to avoid \u2014 linking Argento to Bourdain\u2019s downward spiral. But by not giving Argento herself a chance to appear or even respond to the film\u2019s contents before its release, <em>Roadrunner<\/em> essentially drifts across the line anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roadrunner-key-art-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Poster image for \u201cRoadrunner.\u201d Cr: CNN\/Focus Features\" class=\"wp-image-47698\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cr: CNN\/Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/movies\/2021\/7\/20\/22584986\/anthony-bourdain-roadrunner-documentary-movie-ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Double-Edged Ethics of the Anthony Bourdain Documentary \u2018Roadrunner\u2019 (The Ringer)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want more? <em>Roadrunner <\/em>director Morgan Neville shared an expansive playlist containing some of Bourdain\u2019s favorite songs with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/anthony-bourdain-roadrunner-playlist-1200455\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>. The playlist fittingly starts with the Modern Lovers classic \u201cRoadrunner,\u201d and goes on to feature an range of selections from artists like the Beach Boys, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop, the Stooges, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Marvin Gaye, Rosa Yemen, Joy Division, the Velvet Underground, Hank Williams, Parliament-Funkadelic, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, and Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed?uri=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A4thl61WRszKHOttiS5VoeG\" width=\"100%\" height=\"220\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville under fire with his latest documentary feature for using AI to recreate Anthony Bourdain\u2019s 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