https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-40-minute-master-class-with-sylvester-stallone-from-the-2008-zurich-film-festival-20130730/ Fri, 13 May 2016 09:22:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-40-minute-master-class-with-sylvester-stallone-from-the-2008-zurich-film-festival-20130730/#comment-48554 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:22:55 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/watch-40-minute-master-class-with-sylvester-stallone-from-the-2008-zurich-film-festival-95362/#comment-48554 For an inspirational story, please read the reviews of the award winning book Rocky Spirit, the Rocky Balboa connection to success available on amazon.com.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-40-minute-master-class-with-sylvester-stallone-from-the-2008-zurich-film-festival-20130730/#comment-48555 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:22:55 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/watch-40-minute-master-class-with-sylvester-stallone-from-the-2008-zurich-film-festival-95362/#comment-48555 Alright, this post pisses me off a little because you'd have to be a little clueless to think Stallone is an idiot or to be surprised he isn't. The dude WROTE "Rocky," probably the greatest sports movie ever made. People love "Rocky," but I still think that underrates it. It's got the perfection and simplicity of a De Sica film like "Bicycle Thieves" or "Umberto D." In addition, it's got one of the greatest scenes in sports film history: The night before the fight, Rocky goes to the arena, walks back home, crawls into bed with Adrienne and resigns himself to the fact that he CANNOT WIN THE FIGHT. Think about that. Show me another sports movie that has the balls to pull that off. He wrote a sports movie beautifully integrated into the frustration of the '70s that expressed not a need to win but simply to survive the fight. A dumb guy doesn't pull that off. It's not possible.

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