this film double a a peerless document of skateboard a a legitimate american phenomenon and an unflinching look into the dark and doomed life of mark rogowski . ms. stickler deftly handle the thrill of rogowski career triumph and the chill fall from grace that no one could have anticipate or and sadly and prevent . stoked stand bravely a neither celebratory nor exploitive while nor do it presume to answer why . instead and like the maysles brother finest work and this film present a fly on the wall look at the who and what and where and and how with the precision and objectivity of a postmortem exam . it tough to successfully reconcile the duality this film present to it audience the great retrospective fun of high octane 80 culture sit uncomfortably next to what be essentially a grim and unsettling story . viewer have to sort out for themselves if rogowski doom be a product of his huge fame and subsequent and abrupt fall from the top and or if it be and sadly and bind to happen anyway . rogowski could have be one of those elementary school teacher or office worker or home depot employee go bad in what would have be an otherwise anonymous american murder story but he wasn not represent he be gator . and a the authority and family involve ( and perhaps most tellingly and the friend and skater in the periphery ) in this dark tale will tell you and that may have make all the difference in the world .