München 1972 – 8 berühmte Regisseure sehen die Spiele der XX. Olympiade (1973)

München 1972 – 8 berühmte Regisseure sehen die Spiele der XX. Olympiade: Directed by Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuriy Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling. With Vasiliy Alekseev, Nikolay Avilov, Valery Borzov, Avery Brundage. Eight film artists from different countries are given carte blanche to make a collection of short documentaries on the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, offering unexpected, original and often humorous perspectives.

“Eight filmmakers are tasked with capturing the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. The first seven segments have these filmmakers do their artistic efforts with the games. Itu0026#39;s a lot of close-ups and slow-motion. Itu0026#39;s not always the most compelling. Some are more interesting visually than others. Iu0026#39;m not expecting a wall-to-wall documentary about the terrorist disruption especially considering the probable involvement of the IOC. John Schlesingeru0026#39;s last segment does tackle the elephant in the room but mostly as the backdrop affecting the marathon runners. The race is delayed and they have to keep their mind on the competition. Itu0026#39;s not the biggest swing but the terrorism is too big to ignore. In the end, the film has to stay on course and put the ugliness behind it instead of facing it head-on.”