Douglas Gordon's film about Zinedine Zidane was on BBC4 last night. Seventeen cameras were used to film the football player during a single match. The material was then edited into effectively a feature-length music video.
The film chopped up Zidane into his component parts (feet, hands, cheekbones etc) in what was literally a deconstructuralist approach. You could also see him running and walking and occasionally looking bemused. Surprisingly for a top soccer player he didn't seem all that vocal (or has the verbal communication been edited out?).
The film convincingly conveyed the speed, confusion and aggression of a typical football match.
Interesting example of Image Music Text in the Barthes style.
http://www.uipfrance.com/sites/zidane/ba2.html
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