“Bryan Fogel always planned on making a documentary, just not the one he ended up doing. Icarus, which is drawing not so much rave reviews as a bunch of people posting the word ‘wow’ on social media, wasn’t mean to be about the bigger story. Fogel, a film-maker with a passion for cycling, wanted to make a movie about the impact of doping on performance. So far, so conventional. Fogel’s decision to make himself the guinea pig, however, set in motion a chain of events that led to something much bigger.”