{"product_id":"tokyo-olympiad-dvd","title":"Tokyo Olympiad (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA spectacle of magnificent proportions and remarkable intimacy, Kon Ichikawa’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTokyo Olympiad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e remains one of the greatest films ever made about sports. Supervising a vast team of technicians using scores of cameras, Ichikawa \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecaptured the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo in glorious\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewidescreen images, using cutting-edge telephoto lenses and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eexquisite slow motion to create lyrical, idiosyncratic poetry from the athletic drama surging all around him. Drawn equally to the psychology of losers and winners—including the legendary Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila, who\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ereceives the film’s most exalted tribute—Ichikawa captures the triumph, passion, and suffering of competition with a singular humanistic vision, and in doing so effected a transformative influence on the art of documentary filmmaking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary from 2001 by film historian Peter Cowie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introduction to the film by Cowie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver eighty minutes of additional material from the Tokyo Games, with a new introduction by Cowie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival interviews with director Kon Ichikawa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew documentary about Ichikawa featuring interviews with camera operator Masuo Yamaguchi, longtime Ichikawa collaborator Chizuko Osada, and the director’s son Tatsumi Ichikawa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with restoration producer Adrian Wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by film scholar James Quandt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew cover by Anthony Gerace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41987118170312,"sku":"CC3156DDVD","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/tokyoolympiaddvd.jpg?v=1655409826","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/tokyo-olympiad-dvd","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}