#SPORT DOCUMENTARY

[verityreadsbooks]

Not a Book: America’s Sweethearts

Back to the streaming services this Sunday and a documentary that I actually watched basically as soon as it came out – but which has taken a few weeks to actually get posted because of things that were slightly more pressing on a time front. But actually it’s been really interesting to watch the conversations about this series over the last few weeks as well. America’s Sweethearts is a seven…

[mgu-h]

ngl the reason the older mclaren unboxed videos from like 2019 fascinate and compel so much is the stylistic choice the director made for the camera to be like a voyeuristic eye that lingers, watching through the cracks of doors or peeping over barriers like this without really any extra commentary or music. it catches the drivers when they're not really performing for the media, revealing something vulnerable and real about them. in this particular case, carlos when he's alone before a race looks a bit like a huge dork doing his athletic warm ups, and lando seems all relaxed and pliable in the hands of his trainer as he gets his head in the game. they have totally opposite energies but it makes sense for both. i just love getting to see what's happening behind closed doors <33

[butw0rldenough]

90's Steve Yzerman interviews really just hit different

Bonus:

[mysharona1987]

Bret Hart when Netflix asked if he wanted to be in their film so he could trash Vince non-stop in what will likely end up one of the most watched sports documentaries ever

He’s been training his whole life for this moment.

[lostinmac]

Ayrton Senna: Racing is in My Blood (1993)

Dir. Jean Claude Guiter

[spectralish]

fedal dump :p

[ifindus]

Cross-country season has started! Fifa!talia is out, FIS!talia is in!

Most of the athletes on the GBR team are Scottish and they all live in Norway most of the year. Norwegians have such a love for them and some of them even speak Norwegian fluently. Two years ago, they lost funding from the UK government and it looked like they would have to quit skiing all-together. Then, rich Norwegians began sponsoring them and now they are training with a private Norwegian team and funded by Norwegians 💖

[vinelark]

I failed to submit multiple homework assignments because I spent my midnight study time reading bbts instead. And you know what? Completely worth it, have a croissant.

✨🥐✨

Genuinely saved my day when I felt terrible on multiple occasions, I appreciate you so much.

hell yeah! i’m a homework hater (as in, hater of the concept of it on principle) so i support you doing something fun instead of a few assignments.

and i’m so glad it has brightened your day ❤️

[rammingthestein]

"The pieces have started to come together for a great documentary. Today, we spent time at Rammstein drummer Christoph Schneider’s place. He was chatting to our protagonist Stefan Kretzschmar about growing up in the DDR and how a whole new world of opportunities arose as the Berlin Wall came down.

With this film, we are hoping to reach audiences far beyond the handball community, and with Toni Kroos, Dirk Nowitzki, and Christoph Schneider now in the can, things are looking promising. Stay tuned for the premiere in January."| From the producer Nicklas Vinde Mathiassen's Facebook page.

[verityreadsbooks]

Not a Book: 99

As if there wasn’t already enough sport on TV at the moment, what with the Euros reaching the start of the last round of group games tonight, the grass court tennis season being well underway and the build up to the Olympics, I’ve got a football documentary for you today. 99 is Amazon Prime’s documentary about the 10 days that saw Manchester United win the treble in the summer of 1999, which I…

[moonshynecybin]

“as we all know marc has and does connect his injury and his breakup with vale into one fucked up little play in his head” need your thesis on this kinda

i don’t need to write a thesis marc marquez: all in episode three wrote it FOR MEEE

[cruyffista]

"In Italy they saw beauty in the way I moved, they felt my style was graceful. That’s why they called me The Swan. There’s also an Italian children’s book, a fairy tale about the Utrecht Swan, Il Cigno di Utrecht, based on my life in football. (...) The Dutch TV show Studio Sport once made a programme comparing my movements on the football pitch with those of a ballet dancer. The ballet guru and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig and Johan Cruyff discussed the similarities and differences between elite ballet and elite football. It’s a compliment to be compared with a top dancer. It was very interesting, and the visuals were excellent too. You saw elegant movements of mine at De Meer, match images with classical music backing. And they arranged for a top ballet dancer, Clint Farha of the Dutch National Ballet, to dance in an empty Ajax stadium. It was called Feints."

Schijnbewegingen (1988) / Basta: My Life, My Truth by Marco van Basten

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Landscape Suicide (James Benning, 1987)

[thatssosussex]

Prince Harry, Meghan, and polo player Nacho Figueras were spotted at the National Polo Center in Wellington, Florida, with a film crew capturing footage for one of his and Meghan’s recently announced projects for Netflix. Harry was seen with a Netflix crew, behind the scenes shooting footage of the Valiente team behind the scenes as they prepared to take on Coca-Cola at the National Polo Center. The film crew who were on hand to shoot his interactions with the awe-struck players. The new project for Netflix is about providing viewers unprecedented access to the world of professional polo. Nacho’s wife Delfina, and their daughter Alba was there too. You can see Meghan embracing Alba. (4/13/24)

[fritzes]

if anyone wants to watch an actually good tennis documentary I highly recommend breaking point (different from break point). it’s about mardy fish and his struggles with mental health, it’s really well-made and feels authentic