简介：SomepeoplemightclaimthatDenvitasporten(TheWhiteMatch/Sport)isdated.Othersmightclaimthatthefilmtoocloselyboundwiththewhole1968studentmovement,thenewleft,thestudentuproar.Andsomemightconsideritasmerepropaganda.Thisphenomenalfilmisalloftheabove–andthat'swhyit'ssuchashocker. Thequestionthefilmmakerswishestoexploreisifsportsandpoliticsdon'tmix,withtheDavisCuptennismatchesbetweenSwedenandRhodesiaasabackdrop.Ofcoursetheanswerisalreadygiven–sportsarepoliticsasmuchasanythingthatgoesdowninsocietyasawhole.Naturally,politiciansandsportsorganizersdisagree,butaregularbutdiversearmyconsistingofangrystudents,self-righteousliberalsandcrazedfanaticalMaoistssettheircoursetowardthesmallbeachresortBåstad.Here,thingsgoreallyuglyasthedemonstratorsaredeterminedtostopthematchatanycost. AndDenvitasportenisreallydownthereinthecrowds-literally–asthewatercannonsstartssquirtingandMao'slittleredbooksiswavedinfranticaggression.It'sgotadirect,fist-in-the-crotchapproach,withyouthfrustrationsprawlingfromwithinandbetweentheframes...youcouldalmosttouchthispresencewhenBoWiderberg,RoyAnderssonandtheotherdirectorsandproducersinthecollectiveGrupp13chargesthelocalpolice,rockergangs,racistRhodesianthugs,lazypower-highpoliticiansandconformistworkingandmiddleclasslocals. ThisfilmisnotjustafilmthatdocumentsariotbetweenleftiststudentsandthepoliceinBåstad–thisistheclosestthinganyonegotinmakingadocumentaryabouttheParisnear-revolutionin'68.Thatistrulyrevolutionary. DocumentaryfilmdirectedbythefilmcollectiveGrupp13consistingofRoyAndersson,KalleBoman,LenaEwert,SvenFahlén,StaffanHedqvist,AxelRudorf-Lohmann,LennartMalmer,BjörnÖberg,JörgenPersson,IngelaRomare,IngeRoos,RudiSpee,andBoWiderberg(RoyAnderessoninlederDenvitasportenarticleonthesiteoftheSwedishFilmInstitute).…