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Jørgen Leth Collection #2 - Sports Films

Dinamarca| Documental| 1974-2007|348 minutos
Título original: Jørgen Leth Collection #2 - Sports Films
Dirección: Jørgen Leth
Idioma: Danés Subtítulos: Inglés
Formato: DVD-R [4 discos]
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504654

The second box of the series "Jørgen Leth Collection" contains Leth's sports films, primarily emphasising the cycle film classics Stars and Water Carriers (1974), The Impossible Hour(1975), and A Sunday in Hell (1976). The director was tired of clichéd sports journalism and found "the inner psychological drama of the battles between great cyclists" more absorbing. The set also contains a documentary about the unique Basque ball gamePelota(1983) and two experimental films about the phenomenon of movement and speed Motion Picture (1970) and Chinese Ping Pong (1972), a coversation with Jørgen Leth and a 40 page booklet about the films.

The films

Monument - Denmark 1969/2007 - Directed, written and produced by: Jørgen Leth, Ole John - Photographed by: Ole John - Cast: Torben Ulrich

Motion Picture - Denmark 1970 - Directed, written and produced by: Jørgen Leth, Ole John - Photographed by: Ole John - Cast: Torben Ulrich

Kinesisk bordtennis / Chinese Ping Pong - Denmark 1972 - Directed and written by: Jørgen Leth - Photographed by: Henning Camre, Mikael Salomon - Music by: Jørgen Leth - Produced by: Filmfonden und Danmarks Radio's Workshop

Stjernerne og vandbærerne / Stars and Water Carriers - Denmark 1974 - Directed and written by: Jørgen Leth - Photographed by: Dan Holmberg, Sergio Penazzo - Music by: Gunnar Møller Pedersen - Produced by: Minerva Film

Den umulige time / The Impossible Hour - Denmark 1975 - Directed and written by: Jørgen Leth - Photographed by: J.M. Berasaluce - Cast: Ole Ritter - Produced by: Spectrum Film

En forarsdag i helvede / A Sunday in Hell - Denmark 1976 - Directed and written by: Jørgen Leth - Photographed by: Dan Holmberg - Music by: Gunnar Møller Pedersen - Produced by: Steen Herdel Film

Pelota - Denmark 1983 - Directed by: Jørgen Leth - Written by: Jørgen Leth, Klaus Rifbjerg, Ebbe Traberg - Photographed by: Dan Holmberg, Ole John - Music by: Ennio Morricone - Produced by: John og Leth Film

A Conversation with Jørgen Leth - Denmark 2003 - Directed and written by: Brent Barner, Steve Olpin - Photographed by: Tim Irwin

DVD features (3-disc DVD)

DVD 1

  • En forarsdag i helvede 1976, 111'
  • A Conversation with Jørgen Leth 2003, 9'

DVD 2

  • Stjernerne og vanbrerne 1974, 93'

DVD 3

  • Den umulige time 1975, 45'

DVD 4

  • Pelota 1983, 47'
  • Kinesisk bordtennos 1972, 14'
  • Motion Picture 1970, 20'
  • Monument 1969/2007, 9'