Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Peter Breuninger (R) on March 01, 2010 at 17:49:22

In Reply to: RE: Top 10 Sports Movies posted by geezerrocket on February 25, 2010 at 13:26:18

A Sunday in Hell

From Gods Wiki:

A Sunday in Hell (original title: En Forårsdag i Helvede) is a 1977 Danish documentary directed by Jørgen Leth. The film is a chronology of the 1976 Paris-Roubaix bicycle race from the perspective of participants, organizers and spectators.

Paris-Roubaix is the most famous and usually the most dramatic of the spring classics. Much of the latter portion is over narrow, cobbled tracks that choke with dust on dry days and become slick and muddy in rain. For the riders it's a challenge to keep going without puncturing or crashing.

The film captures not just the events of the 1976 edition but the atmosphere of a professional race.

Breuninger says: it's about the atmosphere. Grity racing, more simple times, same human agony.

Not for cycling fans only.

Peter