Diego Maradona is one of the many soccer legends examined in BAM series
BAMcinématek
BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Ave. between Ashland Pl. & St. Felix St.
Wednesday, June 2, through Tuesday, June 8
718-636-4100
www.bam.org
Do you have it yet? ’Cause we do. It’s called World Cup Fever, as the international community prepares for this year’s competition, with thirty-two teams battling it out to be the best June 11 through July 11 in South Africa. From June 2 to June 8, BAMcinématek will be presenting nine soccer-based films, ranging from SOCCER AS NEVER BEFORE, Hellmuth Costard’s 1971 examination of Manchester United legend George Best in one game against Coventry, to ZIDANE: A 21st CENTURY PORTRAIT, Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno’s seventeen-camera look at Zinédine Zidane (of head-butt fame) in a match between Real Madrid and Villareal. Other films follow a 2002 match contest Bhutan and Montserrat (THE OTHER FINAL), the 1966 finals (GOAL! WORLD CUP 1966), Argentine star Diego Maradona (MARADONA, THE GOLDEN KID), and preparations for the 2010 tourney (FAHRENHEIT 2010). And for some reason, BAM decided to include the silly Rodney Dangerfield comedy LAYDBUGS; what, they couldn’t get Khyentse Norbu’s THE CUP or even John Huston’s VICTORY, with Sylvester Stallone playing the goalkeeper?