An intriguing premise for a full-length feature, the idea behind
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is simple. Back in April of 2005, Real Madrid--replete with Zinedine Zidane, arguably the worlds finest footballer at the time--played Villareal in the Spanish league. At that game, seventeen cameras were all trained on Zidane. The film? At heart, its 90 minutes of following the great man around a football field.
Yet its fascinating. Really. Save for the odd subtitled comment, and a not-entirely-comfortable compilation of the days news thats interspersed at half time, the focus is purely one man playing a game of football. Its not a raging success by any means, and there are moments in Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait where the interest level significantly drops. Yet when it works, it really works astoundingly well, and youd be hard-pushed to find any other film that does anything even vaguely similar. Its backed, it should be noted, with excellent supporting music too.
The 2006 World Cup, of course, gave Zidanes career an ending it never really deserved. And while Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait isnt a dish that everyones going to warm to, those that do will surely be left reflecting on one of footballs greatest geniuses, rather than one mad moment in Germany.--Simon Brew
Product Description
An entire football match filmed from the perspective of soccer hero Zinedine Zidane. High-art comes to the pitch for this ambitious project hailed widely as a groundbreaking new direction in sports films. At a 2005 match between Villareal versus Real Madrid, a camera was placed on the star player that gives a Zidane's-eye view of the entire game. Using effects, slo-mo, and a soundtrack by Scottish band Mogwai, the directors create the opportunity of stepping into Zidane's boots for 90 minutes.
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