Olympic Games film: Visions of Eight

 Telling a story without much footage…

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Producer: How do you propose to show this? I mean, you were far away from the scene when it happened.

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Director: We got some footage. Faroff, yes. But anyway, here’s what I propose. Noise of helicopters approaching. Photographers with cameras on tripods, standing on a wall, looking at distant buildings.

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Producer: Uh huh. Beginning. Middle?

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Director: Terrorist on a balcony. Armed police. We have the footage through telephoto. Chopper sounds.

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Producer: Uh huh. Ending?

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Director: Finally, the closing ceremony. Eleven empty chairs.

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Producer: Ah. For the eleven slain athletes.

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Voice-over

Among the eight directors, Schlesinger’s oblique reference is the only one touching on the Israeli athletes' assassinations at the 1972 Munich Olympics in Visions of Eight.

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