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A Throw of The Dice

By Slate Olson • 13th August 2010 05:18pm • Posted in Art & Design

Today is the first of three Friday films inspired by the stories of the 2010 Club Jerseys. 'A Throw of The Dice' from acclaimed RSA Films director Nick Livesey is the story of Johan Museeuw and Paris-Roubaix.

As an aside, last year, Nick created the picture book Mountain/Machine, a collection of images inspired by the Fireflies and shot with a pinhole camera that Nick made himself.

Nick's film is on the front page today, just for today. We hope you enjoy.

See the trailers for the next two Friday films.

Comments

Kurt Cornell

13th August 2010 07:55pm

I just finished watching. Chills down my spine…..

Stuart Whateley

13th August 2010 10:01pm

Thanks for the great film, heres hoping the other two are as good. I know there are many people ready to take a pop at rapha but I can't think of another clothing company which spends as much time promoting the sport. Keep up the good work.

bryan farhy

13th August 2010 10:36pm

"Brilliant" is the only word I can muster at this point…

Dave Wyman

14th August 2010 07:32am

What a terrific film. Before I say more, a request: will we be able to download a copy of that driving musical score?

The film captures perfectly the essence of the Rapha ethos, even as it uncovers the spirit and the soul of Johan Museeuw. At the close, the Lion of Flanders seems, despite the ferocious years he must have spent in the saddle, a gentle man, slightly bemused by his fate.

And the film sent me to learn a little about the obscure, to me, Stéphane Mallarmé, followed by a reading of "Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard."

IT WAS NOT AN EASY TASK
with a text as dense as any copse found

ALONG THE COBBLESTONES
of Paris-
Roubaix

neil millsop

14th August 2010 09:29am

the references to 18th century and WW1 and the fake mud in the showers completely ruined the other great bits about Museeuw and Roubaix. trying too hard

IAN WATTS

14th August 2010 09:45am

Terrific film, one would guess after the last race Boonen got the 'beads'

Scott Kirton

14th August 2010 11:20am

Have to agree with Neil Millsop. Mystical twaddle and self-indulgent wankery.

Andrew Shaw

14th August 2010 09:15pm

Yeah i'm with neil millsop and Scott Kirton on this one, i applaud Rapha for their support of art and cycling and i'm a big fan of the myth and reality of Roubaix but this film just didn't do it for me.

Dave Wyman

14th August 2010 09:42pm

"references to 18th century and WW1……. ruined the other great bits"

"Mystical twaddle and self-indulgent wankery"

"Throw of the Dice" isn't a documentary movie. If it weren't pretentiously avante gard, there would be no point or value to it as a Rapha film. In fact, the fim mirrors the theme of the pretentiously avant garde poem from which it draws its title.

The poem, because of the unusual way it appeared on the written page, was never meant to be read aloud. Part of the conceit – if not the charm – of the film is it's recasting of "The Throw of the Dice" in a visual form, contained within a story line (about a cyclist) that depends in part on spoken words, including portions the poem itself.

David Bayendor

15th August 2010 09:33pm

NIce imagery, but even on repeated viewings, I have to agree: Trying too hard.

Joe Hall

16th August 2010 10:28am

Neil Millsop, having seen all three films I'd say this was my least favourite, but you can't really offer fake mud as a reason for disliking the film. The WW1 reference needs to be there for the concept, but I can see how you may have thought it was over the top (no pun intended) to have a trench 'scene'… What about the footage at the beginning?

Scott Kirton, I have to applaud you for your use of the English language, but an explanation of why you think the film is "mystical twaddle" would be nice.

Jamie Pearson

16th August 2010 01:53pm

This is beautiful and atmospheric myth-making which was a joy to watch.

I can even get along with the WWI and Napoleonic references but come on lads, Museeuw wasn't wearing that jersey in '92!

neil millsop

16th August 2010 02:29pm

Joe, i got the references to the poem etc and the mystery surrounding the rosary beads, even quite liked the priest wandering about. I thought the napoleonic and WW1 references were just very weak in both content and imagery, too easy and too prominent. I would also disagree that i can offer fake mud as a reason for not liking it. Musseeuw did what he did when he did it and is a legend for that, he hadn't just finished the race; it was too obvious and I felt it took some integrity away from the film.

Henrik Malmberg

18th August 2010 09:37am

Can´t wait for the Vino edition…

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