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DVD

Visions of eight

Call Number

  • DVD 796.48 V8315C (CEN)

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Edition

DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2021]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (108 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: G.

Summary

"In Munich in 1972, eight renowned filmmakers each brought their singular artistry to the spectacle of the Olympic Games--the joy and pain of competition, 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 Lelouch, Juri Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, and Mai Zetterling, each given carte blanche to create a short 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 irreverence 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.

Notes

Originally released as a documentary in 1973.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; new audio commentary by podcasters Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan of the website The Ringer ; new documentary featuring director Claude Lelouch; supervising editor Robert K. Lambert; Ousmane Sembène biographer Samba Gadjigo; Munich Olympic Games historian David Clay Large; producer David L. Wolper's son, Mark Wolper; and director Arthur Penn's son Matthew Penn, which also includes behind-the-scenes footage from the film and material from Sembène's uncompleted short film ; short promotional film shot on location in 1972 ; trailer.

Contents

  • Beginning / Strongest / Highest / Women / Fastest / Losers / Decathlon / Longest

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