Like most people, I will slow down to look at a car wreck. Stanley Pleskun is more than that, he is a human plane crash. The camera follows this modern day Plato, while, at one point, he travels to England to perform one of his strong man stunts. Three Brits are placed in a cage as Stan lifts the cage with one finger. Later, our hero attempts to lift a Toyota pick-up truck with mixed results. His companion Barbara is a complete mystery to me. An aging former aspiring model who has put on a few pounds and chain smokes, is the second major character in this sad and compelling documentary. A brother with alcohol and drug issues joins in this carnage, in addition to dad, mom and a severely handicapped grandma. This is real life filmmaking at its finest and I could watch another eight hours of these troubled people.
