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An intriguing premise for a full-length feature, the idea behind Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is simple. Back in April of 2005, Real Madrid--replete with Zinedine Zidane, arguably the world’s finest footballer at the time--played Villareal in the Spanish league. At that game, seventeen cameras were all trained on Zidane. The film? At heart, it’s 90 minutes of following the great man around a football field.
Yet it’s fascinating. Really. Save for the odd subtitled comment, and a not-entirely-comfortable compilation of the day’s news that’s interspersed at half time, the focus is purely one man playing a game of football. It’s not a raging success by any means, and there are moments in Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait where the interest level significantly drops. Yet when it works, it really works astoundingly well, and you’d be hard-pushed to find any other film that does anything even vaguely similar. It’s backed, it should be noted, with excellent supporting music too.
The 2006 World Cup, of course, gave Zidane’s career an ending it never really deserved. And while Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait isn’t a dish that everyone’s going to warm to, those that do will surely be left reflecting on one of football’s greatest geniuses, rather than one mad moment in Germany.--Simon Brew
Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN
"The most purely enjoyable event at the Cannes Film Festival"
"Sublime .... the greatest film about football ever made".
"a multi-faceted portrait that goes way beyond mere football…Immediate yet somehow haunting, it’s one of the year’s essential cinema experiences".
"Sublime .... the greatest film about football ever made".
"a multi-faceted portrait that goes way beyond mere football…Immediate yet somehow haunting, it’s one of the year’s essential cinema experiences".
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I thought this film was tremendous. I rented it on Amazon, and now I'm going to buy it.
At first when it started, I slightly doubted the concept, as Zidane was not heavily involved, but as the game progressed, and his involvement increased, I was sucked right into the stadium alongside ZZ. I could feel the pressure of going a goal down at home; I won't spoil it by saying more about the game; you can hear the fans so clearly, the stadium audio is superb and soundtrack builds the tension as the clock ticks. This concept would not have worked with 'average' players who cannot control a ball as well ZZ etc. ZZ is a genius, and this DVD helps understand why. Some folk have mentioned Playercam on Sky, this is no comparison to that. Its loads better. The camera work, cinematography, the quality of the video, the audio quality picking up the players, fans, even just hearing ZZ scuffling along the grass is top class!!!
Well done to the directors, of which one was from Glasgow, my home town. I was lucky enough to see ZZ's Champions League goal at Hampden, and he's undoubtably the best player I've ever seen. I've been lucky enough to see him play twice. The DVD is brilliant. You really appreciate how good he is and how easy he made the game look. Playing alongside him in this DVD helps! :-)
A must for all football fans.
At first when it started, I slightly doubted the concept, as Zidane was not heavily involved, but as the game progressed, and his involvement increased, I was sucked right into the stadium alongside ZZ. I could feel the pressure of going a goal down at home; I won't spoil it by saying more about the game; you can hear the fans so clearly, the stadium audio is superb and soundtrack builds the tension as the clock ticks. This concept would not have worked with 'average' players who cannot control a ball as well ZZ etc. ZZ is a genius, and this DVD helps understand why. Some folk have mentioned Playercam on Sky, this is no comparison to that. Its loads better. The camera work, cinematography, the quality of the video, the audio quality picking up the players, fans, even just hearing ZZ scuffling along the grass is top class!!!
Well done to the directors, of which one was from Glasgow, my home town. I was lucky enough to see ZZ's Champions League goal at Hampden, and he's undoubtably the best player I've ever seen. I've been lucky enough to see him play twice. The DVD is brilliant. You really appreciate how good he is and how easy he made the game look. Playing alongside him in this DVD helps! :-)
A must for all football fans.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you appreciate a well made production, then you will appreciate Zidane. This film follows Zidane around the pitch with the soundtrack of Mogwai. This film uses excellent cinematography and is a fascination and unique insight into how Zidane plays on the pitch. A must for all Zidane fans and a must for all fans of great cinematography.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a must see, the film, which is what this is, leaves you spellbound. It actually feels like you are with the man! You feel as though you are him, you hear his breath, the other players even the ball zipping off the turf! Its a joy from start to finish and has to be enjoyed on a big screen and full surround sound.
Both of which I have, you have to be a real football fan to appriciate this. Zidane gets tackled once, in the game and after almost every touch you hear applause. It gives insight into his unpredictable side, which is really were the kicker lies!
This is a must for anyone who appriciated Zidane at Bordeaux, Juve, Madrid or for France The Worlds best footballer, The worlds best Football DVD!
I just hope this will be many in a series Ronaldinho & Gerrard Next please!
Both of which I have, you have to be a real football fan to appriciate this. Zidane gets tackled once, in the game and after almost every touch you hear applause. It gives insight into his unpredictable side, which is really were the kicker lies!
This is a must for anyone who appriciated Zidane at Bordeaux, Juve, Madrid or for France The Worlds best footballer, The worlds best Football DVD!
I just hope this will be many in a series Ronaldinho & Gerrard Next please!
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Not what it says on the box
This was probably an interesting idea on paper. It may even be an interesting and well crafted exercise in film making but, whatever it is, it isn't a film about football. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A.N.Midgley
pretentious rubbish
Glad it only cost £3 as this film is the worst thing you could ever want to see. Seriously, watch ANYTHING else other than this garbage. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jon
Awful
Massively dissapointed. I was under the impression that this would be a biographical film. Instead it's an artists love affair with zizu set on 1 match where he ends up getting... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. G. Hayat
Fails On Every Level
This is probably one of the most boring DVDs I've ever watched. I can appreciate the fact that it's not a film of a match but of one man. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Matt Blick
If you have 90 minutes of your life to throw away watch this.
Let me start by saying I love ZZ although his reputation is overblown in my view. But for sure, he is up there with Berkhamp and Cantona, as one of the best attacking midfielders... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ocelot Octagon
Art and Football
This is a totally different experience to watching a regular televised game. In fact it would probably be more akin to something you'd see at Tate Modern. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Cakeman
Arthouse 0, Football 0. Don't bother with a replay.
I'm a football fan, but I watched this with my girlfriend, who isn't. She enjoyed it- I didn't.
As the positive reviews so far say, you don't really get a sense of the... Read more
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Published on 24 Jan 2010 by Mr. Stuart Bruce
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Just sayin'
You can only imagine the squees of joy which emanated from my desk when I discovered that one of my top 10 marital aids will soon be available in blu ray.
You can only imagine the squees of joy which emanated from my desk when I discovered that one of my top 10 marital aids will soon be available in blu ray.
Published on 9 Dec 2009 by mariagare
A boring pile of tosh, not even a football game
One dimensional views totally missing his grace and skills as they are not put into any context, a complete waste of time with fake gravitas in every frame. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2009 by E. Coolican
Perfect 2am Party DVD
I challenge you to find a group of drunk lads at 2am who won't devour this DVD :)
Published on 30 Sep 2009 by T. Ciuriak
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