Sunday, January 4, 2015

Brotherly love and death together in the dance of wrestling – Daily News – Lisbon

January 26, 1996. John du Pont, the billionaire who founded the private team of professional athletes Foxcatcher, murdered Dave Schultz, who made history of wrestling side of the Mark, the younger brother for having won medals gold in Olympic and world championships. If there is no clear reason to help understand the sinister event, filmmaker Bennett Miller accepted the crime mystery without giving rise to speculation, preferring to devote attention to the tensions between these characters lived.

Foxcatcher, whose premiere opens the month of the race to Oscars , born eight years after a journey of research and production and stands as a fascinating hearing about loneliness and complicity relationships behind the scenes of one of the oldest sports in recent memory. “We can understand the universe using a telescope, but sometimes using a microscope,” defended the Author at the Cannes Film Festival, where it came recognized with the award of achievement.

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