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The Melbourne Rendezvous (1957)
Directed by René Lucot
Documentary · 1h 46m
Rendez-Vous a Melbourne is the official filmed record of the 1956 Olympic Games in Australia. At the time of its release, there was much controversy in the documentary-filmmaking world over the fact that the Aussies signed over exclusive distribution rights to a French firm, resulting in a boycott from other movie companies. None of this matters when the film is seen today: though not in the same league as Leni Reifenstahl's Olympiad, this 110-minute extravaganza is consistently entertaining. Fifteen cameras were utilized to lens every aspect of the event; it was then up to editors Jean Dudrumet and Monique Lacombe to burrow through miles and miles of film to cull the highlights seen herein. Portions of Rendez-Vous a Melbourne have since resurfaced in practically every Olympics documentary -- not to mention the many TV specials attending the now-biannual event.
Cast
François Périer
Crew
- Director
- René Lucot
- Writer
- Raymond Marcillac, Hubert-René Lucot
- Editor
- Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Details
- Original title
- Rendez-vous à Melbourne
- Release date
- 1957-01-21
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Productions CSA