The documentary legend Les Blank, when asked his approach to filmmaking, replied, “I meet the people and I get drunk with them.” Here are some of the people we’ve been lucky enough to get drunk with, in the broadest sense of the word.
“I told my buddy he should do yoga for broken old carpenters. Call it ‘Yoga in Carharts.’” -Gilham Erickson
“I’m loyal to my wife no matter how ugly she is.” -Robert, southside Chicago
“You see people’s mettle, that’s for sure. I hate to say I’ve enjoyed it. The pressure of performance. I liked it.” -Dan, a bartender describing living through wildfire
“When you land a jump, it’s just like a fatality in Mortal Kombat.” -Tamba Lenoh, skateboarder