ZZ Top

I went to see the film “Zidane” Wednesday evening, not only because I have a deep admiration for the man’s ability with a football, but also out of curiosity. All I knew of the film was that the directors (Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno) took 17 cameras to a Real Madrid game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) and filmed nothing but the enigmatic, volatile Frenchman. A 90 minute real time film of Zinedine Zidane playing a game of football, prety much like the player cam option you can choose on Sky Sports I thought, but I was wrong. Half way between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, “Zidane” is a beauitully shot, almost hypnotic insite into the enigma of the great man himself. It drops you slap bang into the middle of the Bernabeu Stadium in front of 80,000 passionate screaming fans, playing alongside an English guy called David and some Brazilian bloke called Ronaldo and takes you through the highs and lows of a Spanish La Liga game through ZZ’s eyes. With a beautiful ambient soundtrack by Mogwai and incredibly atmospheric sound effects, its an absolute must see, even if you can’t stand football! Watch the trailors

Dave Brown
Posted on Friday, 6th of October 2006 Permalink Comment (0)