video 1.0 VHX https://www.vhx.tv/ John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection http://mcenroe.oscilloscope.net Written and directed by Faraut and narrated by Mathieu Amalric, 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 in 1984. 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. <iframe src="https://embed.vhx.tv/packages/36781" width="1280" height="720" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> 1280 720 https://vhx.imgix.net/johnmcenroe/assets/cf9c1818-00c7-4a67-ad7f-02b1990b7ae3.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=360&q=70&w=640 640 360