Visions of eight / David L. Wolper presents ; a film by Miloš Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Juri Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling ; produced by Stan Margulies ; executive producer, David L. Wolper ; a Wolper Pictures presentation.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (48 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Title and credits from screen. Originally produced as a documentary film in 1973. 4K restoration by the International Olympic Committee. Wide screen. Special features: 2021 commentary soundtrack with podcasters Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan; documentary; Munich '72: the making of Visions of eight (54 min. documentary made in 2021); On location with Visions of eight; trailer; in booklet: 1973 article by George Plimpton, excerpts from David L. Wolper's 2003 memoir, and a new reflection on the film by Sam Lipsyte.
Contents:
The longest / John Schlesinger The strongest / Mai Zetterling ; written by David Hughes -- The highest / Arthur Penn -- The women / Michael Pfleghar -- The fastest / Kon Ichikawa ; written by Shunataro Tanikawa -- The decathlon / Milos Forman -- The losers / Claude Lelouch -- The longest / John Schlesinger
Summary:
"In Munich in 1972, eight renowned filmmakers each brought their singular artistry to the spectacle of the Olympic Games, capturing the joy and pain of competition and the kinetic thrill of bodies in motion for an aesthetically adventurous sports film unlike any other. Made to document the Olympic Summer Games--an event that was ultimately overshadowed by the tragedy of a terrorist attack--Visions of Eight features contributions from Miloš Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouche, Juri Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, and Mai Zetterling, each given carte blanche to create a short film focusing on any aspect of the Games that captured his or her imagination. The resulting films--ranging from the arresting abstraction of Penn's pure cinema study of pole-vaulters to the playful inventiveness of Forman's musical take on the decathlon to Schlesinger's haunting portrait of the single-minded solitude of a marathon runner--are triumphs of personal, poetic vision applied to one of the pinnacles of human achievement"--Container.
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