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| Nelson_Mandela 06/26/19 11:34:31 AM #38: | #59. Breaking Away https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Breaking_away.jpg Dir: Peter Yates Genre: Sports, Coming of Age Year: 1979 I love me a sports movie that doubles as a metaphor for something bigger. The Natural as symbol for getting older, He Got Game for father/son dynamics, I could go on. Breaking Away, on the surface, focuses on a bike race--but it is much bigger than that. It's a movie about a changing economic landscape, about growing up, and about, well, breaking away. In addition to the tight allegorical quality of the script, Breaking Away is also one of the most exciting sports narratives put to film. The climactic bike race is very minimal in presentation--no quick edits, no clever camera work to make the action more than it really it. It's shot almost documentary-style with very long takes, and it works perfectly to build up the drama and the realism of the race. I'm guessing some of you will have never heard of it, but Breaking Away is a rare film I can recommend to anyone. It is that universally appealing. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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