I love that film. But isn't it more sports politics than
actual sports? Not being picky, just trying to home in on
some examples where the actual playing of the game is what
it's all about. It's easy to find examples in not noir/HB:
Mean Machine, Escape to Victory... Erm, I'll start again.
Rocky, Rocky I, Rocky II... Plenty of baseball films too. But
curiously few non-US sports, which is where we come back to
rugby. Maybe the yanks are just better at doing sports in
cinema.
Anyone who really likes soccer should check out Zidane: A
21st Century Portrait. Mesmerising (or spectacularly boring,
depending on your taste) and actually quite noirish, in a
subtle way.
Charlie
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<juri.nummelin@...> wrote:
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> Would THE LAST BOY SCOUT merit in any
way?
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> Juri
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