JOHN MCENROE: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION revisits the rich bounty of 16-mm-shot footage of the left-handed tennis star John McEnroe, at the time the world's top-ranked player, as he competes in the French Open at Paris's Roland Garros Stadium. Close-ups and slow motion sequences of McEnroe competing, as well as instances of his notorious temper tantrums, highlight a "man who played on the edge of his senses. Far from a traditional documentary, Faraut probes the archival film to unpack both McEnroe's attention to the sport and the footage itself, creating a lively and immersive look at a driven athlete, a study on the sport of tennis and the human body and movement, and finally how these all intersect with cinema itself.

GENRE: Documentary
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 31m
RELEASE DATE: December 31, 1969
STARRING: John McEnroe, Mathieu Amalric
DIRECTOR(S): Julien Faraut
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WRITER(S): Julien Faraut
STUDIO: Oscilloscope Laboratories