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date: 14 December 2024

Visions of 8 

Source:
A Dictionary of Sports Studies
Author(s):

Alan Tomlinson

A film of the 1972 Munich Olympics based upon ten- to twelve- minute mini-films made by eight directors from different countries, and spliced together into a single feature by the man who had the idea, Hollywood documentary producer David Wolper. The eight were Milos Forman from Czechoslovakia; Kon Ichikawa from Japan; Claude Lelouch from France; Juri Ozerov from the Soviet Union; Arthur Penn from the USA; Michael Pfleghar from Germany; John Schlesinger from the UK; and Mai Zetterling from Sweden. Wolper had planned for ... ...

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