All This Mayhem is a searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account of drugs and the dark side of professional skateboarding, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas' intense bond and charisma take them from the pinnacle of their sport into a spiraling world of self-destruction.
Director: Eddie Martin
The film is mostly told through archive footage with voiceovers of a recent interview with subjects such as Tas Pappas and his friends. It follows the inductive model, as the story unfolds over time. In the film's inception, it seems like it is just a story of two brothers and their skateboarding career. An unknowing viewer, such as myself, who is unaware of the Tappas' brothers' lives is not to know the dark path that the film follows. This works well since the tension builds up as the story goes along.
- Interviews take place within subjects' homes - makes skateboarding seem like a normal part of their adult life. Moreover this connotes that it's sophisticated and not just part of a rebellious culture
- Tas talks about how when he was young him and his brother looked up to drug culture and drinking in America
- The subjects tell their own history and experiences, plus talking about wider skate culture
- San Diego, California - the place to become a pro skater
- The narrative identifies tension between the Pappas brothers and Tony Hawk
- All the subjects seem to provide their honest argument - which gives a full aspect of the story, rather than concealing information that may seem incriminating
- It finishes with a happy ending, showing Tas and his family
- His accomplishments, after what he spoke about in his interviews, were shown through the use of titles
- The name of the documentary was inspired by Tas Pappas performing the skateboarding trick 'the mayhem'
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2938416/
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