When I saw the title Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control in my coming Netflix queue, I thought it was a Vin Diesel type movie. I couldn’t remember why I had put it in the queue, but I was ready for a light film.
Oops…wrong movie. The movie was on my list because of The Fog of War, the fantastic documentary about the Vietnam War through the recollections of one of the United States’ leaders in the conflict, Robert McNamara. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control even stranger if the expert was naked. Morris’s signature interview style, where the subject is speaking straight into the camera, filling the screen, really works. The music, too, somehow weaves things together. The intercutting of old science footage and pulp movies, though, was a leap. Overall, I liked watching these folks explain their passions, but I’m glad it was only 80 minutes.
Note: I watched this movie in two airports, Oakland and Boston’s Logan Airport, since I wasn’t willing to waste money on Wi-Fi as I filled the hours waiting. And waiting… long layover in Boston 11 days ago.