Visions of Eight (1973) YTS - Download Yify Movie

Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

All the pain - the joy - the

All the pain - the joy - the triumph - and especially the struggle to reach the pinnacle in mankind's most exacting competition. Music by Henry Mancini. No longer distributed.Brief view of Bruce Jenner at 1:05:58

Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

Eight very accomplished directors, each given access to

Eight very accomplished directors, each given access to the individual event of his choice, produce wonderful footage: the men's 100-meter sprint final, the men's pole vault, the strange obsession of weight lifting, the disappointment of losers, etc., all filmed in very different styles. Not for the who-won-what-where fan, but full of compelling images you won't forget.

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Past joys and past sorrows

Arguably the greatest Olympic documentary, and one of the classic sports documentaries, this 1973 feature length film is an evocative, impressionistic account of the XXth Summer Olympiad held in Munich, West Germany from 26th August to the 11th September 1972 (with 122 nations competing) as captured on camera by 8 directors in their own unique way. Soviet director Juri Ozerov directs the opening segment titled 'The Beginning' which looks at those moments before the action begins for the 12,000 competitors. 'The Strongest' is directed by Sweden's Mai Zetterling, who is not interested in sport, but is interested in obsessions, and subsequently focuses on the weightlifters (like Vasily Alekseyev and rivals like Terry Perdue), and computerised records, diets and Olympic budgets - 1972 million marks/£257 million. U. S. Director Arthur Penn's segment 'The Highest' opens with blurred shots of pole vaulters, and stunning slow motion shots of them rising and falling, ending with a quivering bar. West German television director Michael Pfleghar's episode 'The Women' is a tribute to the women competing at the Olympic Games, including West Germany's two long jumping Heidis (Rosendahl and Schuller), and the film's most beautiful and moving scene involving the Soviet Union's gymnast Ludmilla Tourischeva on the uneven bars. In 'The Fastest' Japanese director Kon Ichikawa explores the 10 seconds of the men's track and field 100 metres through silence and slow motion. 'The Decathlon' is Czechoslovakian director Milos Forman's at times comical (fast motion, sleeping officials) account of the two day 10 event track and field competition, interspersed with Bavarian folklore music, and silent bursts of action. French director Claude Lelouch's episode 'The Losers' features angry boxers, crashing cyclists, equestrian falls, losers in the pool, and injured wrestlers, in a segment which adds to past joys the spectacle of past sorrows. The final segment 'The Longest' by Britain's director John Schlesinger is the longest and most evocative and arty (complete with black and white flashbacks) as it focuses on Ron Hill in the marathon, interspersed with the Black September events, the hoaxer at the end of the marathon (a West German student called Norbert Sudhaus), David Coleman's voice, and angry officials in green uniforms lashing out at cameras. This documentary is not about results or being comprehensive, so there's no John Akii-Bua, basketball, Olga Korbut, 'Hot Rod' Milburn, or Mary Peters. And the 'artistic competition' between the directors is won by...

Visions of Eight

1973

Action / Documentary / Sport

Visions of Eight

1973

Action / Documentary / Sport

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All the pain - the joy - the

Eight very accomplished directors, each given access to

Past joys and past sorrows

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