Football as It Is Played Today (1961) Poster

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8/10
Pretty cool, especially for Ohio State fans...
yortsnave26 May 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I first became aware of this short film when I saw it at the Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art exhibit "Objects of Wonder: from The Ohio State University" on October 19 2008. I saw it again at the 50th Anniversary/Open House of The Ohio State University Archives in May 2015, where I finally got a DVD of the film. It's a 'typical' Saturday home football game held at Ohio Stadium, Ohio State's football stadium, starting at sunrise and finishing as the sun sets. The two MAJOR SPOILERS you should know about are: 1) the film is played at a very high speed, and 2) the entire soundtrack consists of bluegrass music played by a local Columbus group. The time-lapse photography is a pretty funny effect--the people look and behave like ants as they scurry about. And the fast bluegrass tempo just adds to the manic motion. Highly recommended.
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