A splendid documentary that serves as primer, portrait, and tribute all in one. Executive producer and host Tim Robbins guides us through the three phases of Samuel Fuller's career-newspaperman, soldier, and film director, the latter subsuming the former two. The voluble, excitable Fuller holds court, his anecdotes intercut with clips from his films and homages from three of his greatest admirers: Jarmusch, Tarantino, and Scorsese.-James Quandt