7.0 / 10
(1 votes)
In 1961, philosopher Roland Barthes collaborated with filmmaker Hubert Aquin to produce a film, for Canadian television, intended to reveal the poetics of sport and spectatorship. The question 'what is sport' is answered by Barthes' eloquently scripted commentary. The recurring theme of purging violence from society into the spectacle of sport runs through the film.
Canada
Documentary
59 minutes
1961
Hubert Aquin
1964
6.0
2002
0.0
2010
0.0
2019
7.3
2013
0.0
2007
6.8
2016
7.0
2004
8.0
2001
10.0
2016
5.7
1956
0.0
1999
5.9
2008
6.9
2009
10.0
2011
0.5
2023
0.0
2006
0.0
2000
0.0
1976
0.0
2007
7.5