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100 years of Olympic films. 24, Munich 1972 / dirs. Miloš Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuri Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling.

DVD edition.

[New York City, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]

©2013

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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Visions of Eight, David Wolper's ambitious production devoted to the Games of the XX Olympiad Munich 1972, is comprised of eight segments directed by an international array of filmmakers. The terrorist attack by the Palestinian Black September Organization brutually overshadowed the Games and their remarkable athletic achievements. Eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police offficer died at the hands of the group, five of whom were also killed. Only John Schlesinger's segment touches on this outrage. Each director scrutinized just one aspect of the Games in their individual segment of the film. Soviet director Yuri Ozerov looked at the tension of waiting to compete in "The Beginning." Swedish director Mai Zetterling concentrated on weight lifting in "The Strongest." American Arthur Penn's portrayal of the pole vault and its practitioners in "The Highest" took the most risks in cinematic terms. "The Women" by West German Michael Pfleghar has aged badly due to his trivializing the athletic feats of Heide Rosendhal (West Germany), Olga Korbut (USSR), and Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) by using operatic arias or brass-band music to back his slow-motion imagery. On the other hand, Kon Ichikawa's use of slow motion is perceptive and inquiring in his segment "The Fastest" on the men's 100 meters. Miloš Forman's "The Decathlon" is the longest, and arguably the best section. Claude Lelouch dwells with sensitivity on those who come up short in "The Losers." To take part in the Games may be as rewarding as mounting the winner's podium, but to lose, whether unfairly, by sheer accident, or just because an athlete fails to deliver, evokes Lelouch's sympathy. John Schlesinger's "The Longest" follows the fortunes of Englishman Ron Hill, who led the marathon after fifteen minutes, but finished sixth behind American Frank Shorter, who brought the gold medal home for the U.S. for the first time in 64 years. After its release, Visions of Eight won the best documentary award at the Golden Globes.

The Criterion collection

Criterion collection.

Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany)

Olympics -- History.

Munich (Germany) -- History -- 20th century.

Sports films.

Anthology films.

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Nonfiction films.

Forman, Miloš, director.

Ichikawa, Kon, 1915-2008, director.

Lelouch, Claude, 1937- director.

Ozerov, I︠U︡riĭ Nikolaevich, 1921-2001, director.

Penn, Arthur, 1922-2010, director.

Pfleghar, Michael, 1933-1991, director.

Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003, director.

Zetterling, Mai, 1925-1994, director.

Wolper, David L., presenter.

Margulies, Stan, producer.

Wood, Adrian, 1955- producer.

Mancini, Henry, composer (expression)

Wolper Pictures (Firm), production company.

International Olympic Committee, restorationist (expression)

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

One hundred years of Olympic films. 24, Munich 1972

Munich 1972

Title on disc container: Munich 1972 : Games of the XX Olympiad

Games of the XX Olympiad

Title from title screen: Visions of eight

Container of (work): Visions of eight (Motion picture)

Title from disc surface; statement of responsibility from container.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973. Restored edition copyright 2013.

"A restoration by the International Olympic Committee"--Closing credits.

"Under exclusive license from the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee"--Disc label.

Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio).

Presenter, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margulies ; production company, Wolper Pictures ; music, Henry Mancini ; directors of photography, Igor Slabnevich (The beginning), Rune Ericson (The strongest), Walter Lassally (The highest), Ernest Wild (The women), Masuo Yamaguchi, Mike Davies, Alan Hume (The fastest), Daniel Bocly (The losers), Jorgen Persson (The decathlon) ; editing, Edward Roberts (The strongest), Dede Allen (The strongest), Margot von Schlieffen (The women), Catherine Bernard (The losers), Lars Hagstöm (The decathlon), Jim Clark (The longest) ; supervising film editor, Robert K. Lambert ; restoration producer, Adrian Wood.

DVD, NTSC, region 1.

In English (Dolby digital mono). End credits of the restored edition in French and English.

The beginning / Juri Ozerov -- The strongest / Mai Zetterling -- The highest / Arthur Penn -- The women / Michael Pfleghar -- The fastest / Kon Ichikawa -- The decathlon / Miloš Forman -- The losers / Claude Lelouch -- The longest / John Schlesinger

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