Stars & Watercarriers
A documentary by Jorgen Leth, this one follows the 1973 Giro
d’Italia, but it’s not a story about the race—there are few clues to the general
classification, time differentials, stage winners,
or other facts. Instead, you get unforgettable images of Eddy Merckx, such as
when he lets a hometown racer go off the front for a moment of glory then
ferociously chases and passes him. And you get the watercarriers, the workers, whose images are perhaps
more inspiring than Merckx’s—not to mention the somehow magic scene of glass
bottles of water being opened with keys and passed around the pack during
the race.
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