Bloomfield 1970 aka Guts aka The Hero , Richard Harris plays Eitan an aging footballer (think George Best, wasting his talent )who has nothing to look forward to, girlfriend is a blossoming sculptress on the verge of a big career brake. Eitan needs a brake to live in her world to keep the girl or lose the girl, does he throw the match or not, can his body take another pounding etc etc etc . Throw in a 10 year old Nimrod obsessed with Football, who helps him see how important football is to the fans.
I'm amazed that little gem of a movie should surface on Netflix, it's grainy and looks like it's been mastered from an old VHS videotape, well done Netflix for this.
Back to the movie , Its a strange film, filmed in Israel that hotbed of football in 1970. Harris spends the film shouting in an over the top dramatic way , he likes acting obviously. Directed by Harris so he must have felt a great affection for the film. Scored by Johnny Harris (no relation) who under pins each and every scene with queasy strings and orchestration along with cheesy ballads, one of which is co written by Maurice Gibbs. What of the film, its all pretty obvious and cliched but given that its badly acted, poor continuity its actually very enjoyable for all those reason, if you like football films its a 7/10.
I'm amazed that little gem of a movie should surface on Netflix, it's grainy and looks like it's been mastered from an old VHS videotape, well done Netflix for this.
Back to the movie , Its a strange film, filmed in Israel that hotbed of football in 1970. Harris spends the film shouting in an over the top dramatic way , he likes acting obviously. Directed by Harris so he must have felt a great affection for the film. Scored by Johnny Harris (no relation) who under pins each and every scene with queasy strings and orchestration along with cheesy ballads, one of which is co written by Maurice Gibbs. What of the film, its all pretty obvious and cliched but given that its badly acted, poor continuity its actually very enjoyable for all those reason, if you like football films its a 7/10.