Chariots of Fire (1981)

RATING:	100%
FORMAT:	DVD

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Subtle appreciation of White supremacism from a White author – especially the anti‑Semitism. Here, Jews are shown as loyal to a White supremacist country despite the fact they are not accepted as a true Englishmen. This is tempered by the inherent nationalism of the Olympic Games; meaning that an English Jew's victory can be seen as a national victory - not the ethnic one it actually is – while his defeat would be seen as a Jewish failure only.

The characters are as very well‑defined as the situation they find themselves in; elucidating both. A devout Christian is athletically‑pitted against a Jew; making for a religious- and race‑war between men of the same nationality that their love of the sport transcends. They deal with their additional inner conflicts of running to overcome their fear of winning and of being the best – all to the music of Vangelis and Gilbert & Sullivan.

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