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.
Roland Barthes
Writer
Hubert Aquin
Director
Facing Ali73%
The Class of ‘9271%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Ronaldo69%
Looking for Richard68%
Sherman's March67%
Public Speaking70%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Gascoigne63%
Diego Maradona74%
Black Sheep72%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Harmontown66%
Hawking76%
Bruce Lee, the Legend79%
For the Love of Spock73%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Elstree 197661%
