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1973 Giro - The Stars and the Water Carriers

Seems like a fitting time to post this.

I just watched "The Stars and the Water Carriers", a 1974 flick about the 1973 Giro. Incredible footage.

You can see all the segments on youtube or torrent it, but tracking down a full dvd would be ideal.

Full disclosure= I make music for my day job, and threw a recent cover/inspired by I did over some edited footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBoTJAyQs




Sigh... still waiting for the internet man to show up so I can watch some cycling.
 
jørgen leth's complete works have recently been issued on dvd , part 2 of the collection contains all his sport films.

a sunday in hell , stars and water carriers and the impossible hour are all included.
 
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Mathew said:
Seems like a fitting time to post this.

I just watched "The Stars and the Water Carriers", a 1974 flick about the 1973 Giro. Incredible footage.

You can see all the segments on youtube or torrent it, but tracking down a full dvd would be ideal.

Full disclosure= I make music for my day job, and threw a recent cover/inspired by I did over some edited footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBoTJAyQs




Sigh... still waiting for the internet man to show up so I can watch some cycling.

That's awesome - thanks!

cool track too.
 
Just watched the film for the first time - wonderful! Anyone who hasn't seen it, huge recommendation. It's directed by the same guy who made 'A Sunday in Hell' and is almost as good imo. How different was racing back them, amazing. No "waiting until the final climb to take 30 seconds out of the contenders" for Merckx... :D
 
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5:50.. the guy with the funny white hat on the right side of the screen, is having a great time, as evidenced by his almost emptied bottle of red wine...

Nice video/track.
 
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Hope this isn't off topic,and the link works.
It's a clip from a doc Called la course en Tete, listed in u tube as EddyMerckx -recorde da hora. I really like it, including the trumpets at the end when the triumphant Merckx is led away like a Medieval Knight.

I sometimes try and channel this when I out riding on my heavy steel road bike, cranking up those 180's.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-U0gWRhIh4
 

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