When Chris Martin and Coldplay are your college roommates, you must have a charmed life and for director Mat Whitecross I’d say that’s the case. After his award winning doc The Road to Guantanamo which put him on the map, Whitecross has never looked back. After knocking out the rock doc genre with the brilliant Oasis: Supersonic and a doc about his old buddies Coldplay, Whitecross turned his attention to a golden era in Boxing with the film titled “The Kings” for Showtime, a 4 hour masterpiece which we discuss in detail today….
As the son of political refugees Matt explains why it was important to him to blend the parallel stories of the 4 Kings of Boxing with the political leaders of that time. We discuss in detail the benefits of audio interviews vs on camera interviews and he walks us through the process he underwent in attempting to shine a bright new light on the often overlooked boxing era squeezed in between Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. Mats unique style and perspective is ever present in the film and throughout our entire conversation in this episode of Beyond the Lens presented by Diesel Films.
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