Vive le Tour (1962)
- Original title
- Vive Le Tour
- Directed by
- Louis Malle
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A short documentary from 1962 follows the Tour de France bicycle race. It shows the racers eating, getting injured, and using drugs to keep going.
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What happens
Vive le Tour is a 1962 French documentary by filmmaker Louis Malle. It chronicles the 1962 Tour de France and focuses on issues such as providing food for the racers, dealing with injuries and doping. The New York Times describes the film as containing "ebullience, whimsy, jet black humor, awe and unspeakable tragedy" and as "a worshipful documentary of a sport made by a man who knew it intimately and loved it." Vive le Tour won the Dok Leipzig Golden Dove award in 1966. Jean Bobet, a cyclist himself and brother of the great Louison Bobet, is the voice-over in this documentary. The 18-minute film is available on DVD from The Criterion Collection as part of their Eclipse series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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