Maradona by Kusturica (2008) poster
2008 · documentary · sports

Maradona by Kusturica

Directed by Emir Kusturica1h 30m2008
ElsewhereIMDb6.77k
  • warm
  • gentle
  • intimate
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Warm, steady, gentle documentary / sports, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.

Our read · Maradona by Kusturica (2008) reads as a warm, steady, inventive documentary · sports entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want mythic, messy Maradona worship through Kusturica's carnival lens.

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Skip it tonightSkip if chaotic sports hagiography and addiction subtext kill your mood.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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