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Visions of Eight
Before they knew what was to come, eight renowned directors were tapped to tell the official story of the athletes of the 1972 Olympic Games. While the cameras captured some of the events around the deaths of the Israeli athletes, the film pays tribute to a wide range of competitors and their experiences under the weight of tragic events. All eight directors including Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) tackled a different topic in their own way. For Forman, that was the decathlon, which he set to music ranging from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony to yodeling.
Before they knew what was to come, eight renowned directors were tapped to tell the official story of the athletes of the 1972 Olympic Games. While the cameras captured some of the events around the deaths of the Israeli athletes, the film pays tribute to a wide range of competitors and their experiences under the weight of tragic events. All eight directors including Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) tackled a different topic in their own way. For Forman, that was the decathlon, which he set to music ranging from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony to yodeling.
PeopleMilos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuriy Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling
TitlesVisions of Eight
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