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Sunday in hell
Behind the Lens of the Greatest Cycling Film of All Time Read
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The Paris-Roubaix Classic. 273 kilometres of torment across the bone-crunching pavé of northern France.
In 1976 the celebrated Danish film director, Jørgen Leth, embarked on an ambitious project to capture the spirit of this spectacular and cruel one-day race. The resulting film, A Sunday in Hell, has become the most admired cycling documentary of all time, and its revolutionary camera and sound techniques have forever changed the way the sport is viewed on screen.
The film centres around legends including Eddie Merkx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Freddie Maertens and Francesco Moser, capturing not just their experiences from the saddle, but also the mood of a nation and its relationship with the most punishing of the Spring Classics.
Sunday in Hell looks at the men, the method and the places behind the film. It observes the creativity of Leth and his collaborators, explores the lives of riders such as unlikely winner Marc Demeyer and revisits locations which have changed little to this day.
- Autor
- William Fotheringham
- Editorial
- Penguin
- ISBN
- 9780224092029
- Páginas
- 272
- Formato
- Rústica
- Fecha publicación
- Marzo 2018
- Lengua
- Inglés
William Fotheringham es un periodista especializado en ciclismo y rugby que escribe para el The Guardian y The Observer. Fue ciclista de competición, fundó las revistas Procycling y Cycle Sport y ha cubierto más de veinte Tours de Francia. Entre sus libros de éxito se encuentran Fallen Angel, Roule Britannia, y Put Me Back on My Bike, biografía que la revista Velo calificó como «la mejor biografía ciclista jamás escrita». Su única obra publicada en España era La pasión de Fausto Coppi hasta la publicación de Merckx. Mitad hombre, mitad máquina. Reside en Herefordshire con su esposa y sus dos hijos.
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