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Presenting a radically new approach to the sports film, artists Gordon and Parreno have created a real-time portrait focusing on one of the greatest soccer players of the century, Zinédine Zidane. Their remarkable film – shot before the World Cup head-butt heard around the world – places viewers right in the action, as no less than 17 cameras (both 35mm Scope and High Definition video, all supervised by cinematographer Darius Khondji) track Zidane’s every move and glance one day in April 2005, when Zidane’s Real Madrid club battled Spanish La Liga opponent Villareal. Comprising something in between an art installation and a sports documentary, Gordon and Parreno thrust the viewer into all facets of the experience, the psychology, and the body of an athlete in action – an incomparable and breathtaking experience.
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