Netflix has released a trailer for the documentary about Robert Downey Sr sr.out American film Helmer Chris Smith debuts on streamer worldwide on December 2nd.
Downey Sr. was a well-known indie filmmaker credited with films such as Putney Swope, which satirizes the advertising world in New York. Smith’s film, about the artist who died of complications from Parkinson’s disease in July 2021 aged 85, is billed as an affectionately irreverent portrait of the life, career and final days of the idiosyncratic filmmaker whose rebellious spirit decades of counterculture films permeated. near.
Shot over a three-year period, the film broadens the lens of Downey’s art to the life it was deeply intertwined with, including an intimate examination of his relationship with son Robert Downey, Jr. It is a portrait of a family and an artist. and a meditation on life that honors Senior’s non-linear approach to the illegal life, including capturing his decision to begin his own contemporary and final film project.
downey jr produced sr. along with his wife and creative partner Susan Downey, as well as Kevin Ford and Emily Barclay Ford. Watch the trailer for the upcoming film by clicking above.
Writer: Matt Grobar
Source: Deadline
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