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Travelling around the globe and across the United States, we meet up close and personal during the final quarter leading up to the 2012 championships, the 2011 Mr. Olympia and defending champ Phil Heath; positioning Heath in a “Rocky Balboa vs Clubber Lang” Rocky III<\/em> storyline, Brooklynite underdog Kai Greene flexes his artistic muscle; Texas rancher and elder statesman Branch Warren shows he\u2019s still got some game; OCDC better-training-through-science Ben Pulaski proves an egomaniacal annoyance; Japanese emigre Hidetada Yamagishi is an odd lot in the mix; the oh-so-charming and charismatic German Dennis Wolf (savvy businessman who is poised to follow in Schwarzenegger\u2019s footsteps) dazzles with dimples, warmth and intelligence; and the Curacao-born, female-trained, Roelly Winklaar who proves to be the one you want to see fail.<\/p>\n Examining the private lives of each man, as well as psychological philosophies and training methods, Yudin flexes his own directorial muscles as he gets these top competitors to open up with some honest emotions while others are nothing more than examples of inflated egos that rival the size of their biceps,\u00a0 poor sportsmanship and manipulators of their own stories and screen appearances.\u00a0 Interesting is the sponsorship and showmanship involved in training and competition as we see the vast quantities of perfectly proportioned and balanced foods necessary to develop and sustain these physiques, as well as fascinating lessons on the difference between \u201cthongs\u201d and \u201cposing trunks\u201d, not to mention the importance of \u201cbronze buns\u201d.\u00a0 Perhaps the most telling and serious aspect of GENERATION IRON is the commentary proffered by several competitors and trainers on steroid\/HGH use as well as muscle\/weight gain dietary supplements.<\/p>\n Most appreciative is that Yudin never allows the camera to objectify the men or their muscles, but merely observe.\u00a0 Narrated by Mickey Rourke, his tonal inflection and timbre add adds to the gravitas of the competition as well as making the thrill of victory and agony of defeat a fully sensory experience.\u00a0 Cleanly lensed, succinctly edited, GENERATION IRON is the bodybuilding documentary for this generation.<\/p>\n Directed by Vlad Yudin<\/p>\n Narrated by Mickey Rourke<\/p>\n Bodybuilders:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Phil Heath, Kai Greene, Branch Warren, Ben Pulaski, Hidetada Yamagishi, Dennis Wolf, Roelly Winklaar<\/p>\n Special Appearances by:\u00a0\u00a0 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, Mike Katz, Jay Cutler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: debbie lynn elias Entering the documentary world of pumping iron, director Vlad Yudin brings us GENERATION IRON.\u00a0\u00a0 Intended as a \u201cremake\u201d or update of the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron which not only helped catapult Arnold Schwarzenegger into the spotlight, but gave the world some insight into the world of bodybuilding, GENERATION IRON takes us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,9],"tags":[245,544],"class_list":["post-3263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies","category-reviews","tag-documentary","tag-generation-iron"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Generation](\"http:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Generation-Iron-1.jpg\")
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