When the 1998 Winter Olympics began in Nagano, Japan, it started with singing. So the first thing the gathered crowd saw was a group of people heralding a massive gathering. In broad daylight, dozens of artists and performers made a metaphorical bridge into the country, spotlighting the nation’s history and cultural touchstones and looking to make the venue something of a holy place.
Twenty-three years later, under cover of darkness, the Opening Ceremony in Tokyo took on a decidedly different tenor. It began with a pre-recorded video countdown from when the host city for the now-underway Summer Games was announced in 2013, continued with an energetic training montage though the intervening years, and ground to a halt as the on-screen calendar hit 2020. To reignite the darkened screens, a group of athletes picked up a giant cord and plugged the world back in. Fitting a theme that persisted for much of the three-and-a-half-hour festivities,...
Twenty-three years later, under cover of darkness, the Opening Ceremony in Tokyo took on a decidedly different tenor. It began with a pre-recorded video countdown from when the host city for the now-underway Summer Games was announced in 2013, continued with an energetic training montage though the intervening years, and ground to a halt as the on-screen calendar hit 2020. To reignite the darkened screens, a group of athletes picked up a giant cord and plugged the world back in. Fitting a theme that persisted for much of the three-and-a-half-hour festivities,...
- 7/23/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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