Big River Man (2009)-DvD

If Werner Herzog makes Borat, the result would be this documentary. In February 2007 Martin Strel began an insane attempt to be the first person to swim the entire length of the world’s most dangerous river, the mighty Amazon. Martin is an endurance swimmer from Slovenia, who swims rivers – the Mississippi, the Danube and the Yangtze to date – to highlight their pollution to the world. Martin is also a rather overweight, horseburger loving Slovenian in his fifties who drinks two bottles of red wine a day… even when swimming.

Consensus: Big River Man offers uniquely absorbing insight into a larger-than-life eccentric.