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Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle (Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait)

2006

Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno

Documentary, Self: Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham

5.7

340

Documentary Halfway between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, "Zidane" consists in a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane.

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Nordine LA Weekly	"[It provides] a strange, even soothing effect that almost feels like reading Zidane's mind or an attempt at imparting to the viewer what it feels like to actually be playing in this particular game."	POS
United States	J. Hoberman Village Voice	"The constant attention mystifies his skills even as it burnishes his charisma (...) Gordon’s previous work (...) served to monumentalize ephemeral moments. 'Zidane' does the same, to lesser effect."	NEU
United States	Mark Feeney Boston Globe	"Part of the great fascination of 'Zidane' is its demonstrating that action is not necessarily the same as motion (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Dave Calhoun Time Out	"It’s a fascinating experiment and a frustrating film."	NEU
United States	Bill Weber Slant	"An overblown nearly-real-time documentary-cum-'art installation' (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG

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