Of Sport and Men

Of Sport and Men (1961)

7.5 59 min Movie
Documentary

In 1961, philosopher Roland Barthes collaborated with filmmaker Hubert Aquin to produce a film, for Canadian television, intended to reveal the poetics of sport and spectatorship. The question 'what is sport' is answered by Barthes' eloquently scripted commentary. The recurring theme of purging violence from society into the spectacle of sport runs through the film.

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Richard Gilbert Richard Gilbert Narrator

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