The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics premiered on Monday, shown to reporters and other invited guests in the Japanese capital.
Produced by Japanese director Naomi Kawase, the 120-minute film looks at the Olympics primarily from the point of view of the athletes 바카라 but not just the winning athletes.
After Tokyo, the film will be shown on Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival in the Bunuel Theatre, named for Spanish-born iconoclastic filmmaker Luis Bunuel.
바카라The Olympics are not just about getting prizes, being first and going after a victory that is right before you in the moment,바카라 Kawase said in a recent interview.Â
바카라I tried also to depict the pursuit of becoming winners in life.바카라
Kawase has also made another film looking at events away from the athletes, which has been called 바카라Side B.바카라 It will be debut at an unspecified date.Â
Kawase said she made the film in two parts because, after the Games were postponed by the pandemic, her subject became more complex.
The film looks at refugee athletes, and athletes who have defected. She also touched on gender equality, athletes competing as mothers, and covered the resignation of Yoshiro Mori as president of the local organizing committee.Â
Mori, a former Japanese prime minister, stepped down five months before the Olympics opened after making derogatory comments about women, saying they 바카라talk too much.바카라
The documentary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics by Kon Ichikawa, titled 바카라Tokyo Olympiad,바카라 is generally regarded as one of the most important in the genre. Also in that category is Leni Riefenstahl's 바카라Olympia바카라 from the 1936 Berlin Games.
Kawase said she was honored to follow in the footsteps of Ichikawa and tried to show what was visible, and also what is beyond being seen.
바카라I was moved by how human beings achieve the pinnacle of physical beauty,바카라 Kawase said. 바카라I felt they were so beautiful watching them; all the athletes, not just the winners. And the time they devoted to get there was also beautiful.바카라
The Kawase documentary is titled simply the 바카라Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.바카라 She was named in 2018 to produce the film, which looks at the postponement in March of 2020 and the turmoil leading up to the opening 바카라 largely without fans 바카라 on July 23, 2021 바카라 and the closing on Aug. 8.
In a synopsis, Cannes said the film took 750 days to shoot with 5,000 hours of filming.Â
It captures 바카라not only the athletes gathered from all over the world, but also their families, people involved in the Games, volunteers, medial personnel, and protesters shouting for the cancellation of the Olympics. The film shows the passion and anguish that came out of these Olympic Games.바카라
Kawase is highly acclaimed and became the youngest director to receive the Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival with her 1997 film 바카라Suzaku.바카라
Her best known recent films are 바카라Sweet Bean바카라 and 바카라Still the Water.바카라
The documentary is financed by the International Olympic Committee and the local organizing committee, and is a requirement under the hosting contract.
Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the Tokyo organizing committee, said when Kawase was introduced four years ago that the IOC owns the copyright to the film and 바카라has the right to make key decisions in the creation of the film.바카라
Kawase said she has been affected by Russia's invasion or Ukraine, asking herself the meaning of entertainment amid the killing in war.
바카라I hope when people see this film 50 years from now, 100 years from now, they will understand the importance of protecting that bit of happiness 바카라 so small it can fit in the palm of your hand.바카라
