WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Spotlight : ONE THUMB UP?
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Recommending soccer-related videos now available for sale or rent, Donald Liebenson wrote for the Chicago Tribune:
“Despite the mania surrounding the World Cup, what soccer really needs to grip our imaginations is a good soccer movie. . . .
“Wim Wenders’ ‘The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick’ (1971), on Pacific Arts Video, chronicles the existential odyssey of a losing goalie, whose increasing alienation leads to senseless murder.”
Yeah, love those soccer movies.
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