
750daysofactivity,5000hoursoffootage,aninternationalsportingeventrifewithcontroversyinthemidstofaglobalpandemic–theproductionofanofficialfilmfor2020’sOlympicGamesinTokyowasanextraordinaryendeavour.ThesurprisingchoiceofKawaseNaomi,adirectorknownnotforscalebutforintimacy,toundertakethischallengemakesthisfeatoffilmmakingevenmorefascinating.<br/> Kawasebringsasubtlebutalluringsubversiontothisofficialcommission.TheOlympicshavetraditionallyattemptedtocultivatethemyththattheGamestranscendidentitymarkerssuchasnationality,raceandgender.Inresponse,KawasededicatesmuchofOfficialFilmoftheOlympicGamesTokyo2020SideAtopursuingtheseverynarratives–allowingforagenerousandhumanegazethatreckonswiththepersonalandpoliticalcostsofprofessionalathleticism.<br/> Inthesnapshotsoftheathletesandtheirfamilies,Kawaserevealsarareandremarkablesensitivity,resistingsportsdocumentarytropesandfurtheringhertrailblazingexplorationoftabootopicssurroundingwomen’sbodies.Thereareunexpectedquestionsraisedaroundhowthenaturalworldconflictsandcohereswithhumanlife,theephemeralnatureofbeautyandthewaysinwhichartandsportsmirroreachother.SideAisanabsorbingandprofoundfirsthalfofaremarkableaccomplishment.<br/> 源自:<ahref="https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiffr.com%2Fen%2Fiffr%2F2023%2Ffilms%2Fofficial-film-of-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020-side-a&link2key=ff3a505ae6"target="_blank"rel="nofollow">https://iffr.com/en/<wbr/>iffr/2023/films/offi<wbr/>cial-film-of-the-oly<wbr/>mpic-games-tokyo-202<wbr/>0-side-a</a>
