Motion Picture

“Motion Picture is not a film about sport in the traditional sense, but rather a meditation on movement and ecstasy, exemplified by the tennis madman Torben Ulrich, the loner who seeks to sublimate a trivial moment. It is this very moment that Jørgen Leth studies in many of his films, and to which he devotes all his attention in Motion Picture - a “small” film that, over the years, has proved to be a masterpiece. The film was shot and edited on a thirty-metre reel, so there are no cuts: in keeping with the experimental spirit of the time, the film should be able to be shortened or lengthened as required, without detracting from its basic concept.”