Documentariesare a good deal more cinematic than some people give them credit for.
ButTokyo Olympiadsoars not because of what it depicts, but because of how it depicts it.
All these sports people are likely familiar with are captured in interesting, poetic, and almost heightened ways.
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Its a film that seems to admit doing so would be a futile gesture.
The effects are truly impressive, and the film itself tremendously moving.
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