current documentaries highlight two footballing greats with similar backgrounds. But their responses to the pressure of fame are a symbol of very different erasThis month sees the release of two football documentaries that examine two superstars past and present whose uncanny similarities are eclipsed only by their profound differences: George Best and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The films are nothing alike. Ronaldo,a documentary made by the producers of Senna, is a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the Portuguese striker who stars for Real Madrid, and while the newly rereleased Football As Never Before is a 1971 German arthouse documentary by Hellmuth Costard,in which eight film cameras were focused on Best in a 1970 game against Coventry in his Manchester United heyday.
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Source: theguardian.com