cristiandelcea (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world’s greatest modern player.Maradona is a documentary on the life of Argentine footballer Diego Maradona, directed by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. The documentary which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2008. Kusturica stated the following regarding the film [...]
Fun Share Blog (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
Cinema Reviews : 28 May - 4 June 2008Expatica Spain, Spain - 58 minutes agoIn this week's Expatica cinema section - in collaboration with Picturenose - James Drew reviews '3:10 to Yuma', 'Maradona by Kusturica', and 'Sex and the … Related PostsSony ACID Loops - Numina II: More Peak Sounds for Cinema - Music Gear Review (press [...]
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
We previously wrote about Kusturica’s ‘Maradona‘ movie and short interview with Diego Maradona at Cannes Film Festival. YouTube has a bunch of clips and trailers for this documentary. I thought you might enjoy this. Cannes Film Festival 2008, Diego Maradona, Emir Kusturica, Maradona
France24 (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
Watch our selection from the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, including Palme d'Or winner "The Class," Italy's shock-movie "Gomorra," the return of Indiana Jones, Kusturica's tribute to Maradona and an interview with director Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
France24 (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
In our daily Cannes report: "Delta," by Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo, Emir Kusturica's "Maradona," Marina Zenovich's "Roman Polanski, Wanted and Desired" and Hollywood star Sharon Stone's charity event.
SoccerBlog.com (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
A documentary on the life of Diego Maradona by a two time Palme d'or winner.Maradona kicked a football around at the premiere at Cannes.The film evidentally has political overtones and undertones.The infamous hand of god goal gets a new interpretation....
The Offside (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
If you're expecting Diego Maradona to fade quietly into obscurity any time soon, don't hold your breath. A documentary about his life, “Maradona,” directed by Serbian Emir Kusturica, premiered at Cannes this week, and it's guaranteed to be controversial.
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
Argentine football legend Diego Maradona arrived at the Cannes Film Festival Tuesday, promoting a film that celebrates his career as one of the most brilliant and rebellious players in football history in
aidan maconachy blog (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
Diego Maradona is in Cannes to promote a documentary, Maradona , by the Serbian director Emir Kusturica . The film offers a glimpse into the cult of personality that surrounds Maradona. Footage is included of fans who belong to the "Maradonian Church" , where the praises of Maradona are sung to the tune of Ave Maria. The film also explores Maradona's cocaine use and his political views. He is an outspoken...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
Cannes 2008 is turning into a bad-boys convention. First was the collaboration between Mike Tyson and James Toback and, now, "Maradona by Kusturica," a fan's-notes film about the great Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona by the two-time Palme d'Or-winning Serbian director Emir Kusturica.Soccer is the link between these two men, a fact they emphasized by kicking a ball around for the international...
Aaronovitch Watch (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
Nick has discovered YouTube. (The rather odd bit of text before the video seems to be because his publishing system - which looks like WordPress - has converted all the plain quotation marks into curly ones. Having said that, I looked at the html. I thought he'd been hacked at first; there are thousands of invisible links. I don't know if they are a bizarre spambot trap or the result of some kind
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
Film Reviews: The idea of Serbian-Bosnian helmer Emir Kusturica making a docu about the legendary Argentine soccer ace Diego Maradona might seem like an odd match.
VivirLatino (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
For who? For Julia Roberts. That's what Maradona said yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival, where he was helping promote a new documentary about his life, by director Emir Kusturica. "Me cortaría la mano de Dios por Julia Roberts". He...
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
"As a twice-over Palme d'Or winner, Emir Kusturica might justifiably feel that he too, like Diego Maradona, has been touched by the hand of God," suggests Jonathan Romney in Screen Daily. "But his loosely-structured documentary portrait of the beleaguered...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
The England versus Argentina ‘hand of God’ match dominates this engaging documentary about Diego Armando Maradona the man rather than the footballer.
