Overview: The movie pumping iron a is a documentary about body-building and the lives of famous renowned body-builders in the fitness industry, including such names such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Feriggno, Franco Columbu, the movie pumping around details the lives of professional bodybuilders, their rise to fame, their downfalls, their personality and everything which made them pursue the health and fitness way of life, it is this awe-inspiring work-ethic and determination which got them so far in life, and where they wanted to be. the movie is fairly old so it doesn't have that much sophisticated sound effects and camera angles, it is a documentary and not your typical movie. the movie was published in the year 1977, and was shot during the 100 day lead-up to the mr.universe and mr.Olympia bodybuilding competitions. a not very well-known fact is that the filmmakers actually ran out of money to finish production, therefore it humorously stalled for 2 years. although afterwards Schwarzenegger and the other bodybuilders portrayed in the movie raised enough funds for it to be completed.
General Plot: its the year 1975, and a line-up of bodybuilders are preparing themselves for the upcoming mr.universe competition. the first part of the movie talks about mike Katz, a hopeful for the mr.universe competition, and then afterwards it involves the more popular bodybuilders such as Schwarzenegger and the other hopefuls, including Franco Columbu, serge nubret, Sergio oliva among others. Katz mental balance is thrown off by his fellow contender ken Waller. the movie then afterwards switches its focus onto the intense and incredible rivalry between Lou feriggno and Arnold Schwarzenegger, two professional bodybuilders competing for the Mr.olympia title. Schwarzenegger being a veteran on the bodybuilding circuit, having won the title for five consecutive years. and intends to retire after the upcoming competition. feriggno being around 6 ft 5, and 120kg of pure muscle, being the biggest bodybuilder at that time, intends to be the first ever to have beaten the champ.
in between comedic demonstrations and training workouts, Schwarzenegger explains the basic concepts of bodybuilding and muscle, such as the building up on physiques, steroids, diet and the consistency required to succeed, at such a high-level. the film portrays and contrasts each individuals personality and their level in the bodybuilding circuit, as well as their workouts and home environment, and their motivation for getting into bodybuilding in the first place. afterwards the movie's events conclude with Lou's birthday being celebrated and Arnold has won the Olympia again for the sixth time, and announces his retirement after the ordeal, even though he says that bodybuilding will remain a huge part of his live forever and that will never change.
Camera shots and angles: the film has various camera shots and angles which have been used to great effect, for example we see a lot of close-up shots of the bodybuilders, as within the movie it includes a lot of interviews so it is evident that this is the reason for it. we see far-shots of the bodybuilders posing on stage, and Arnold doing his classic double bicep pose, which grew to fame as a result of him. we also see mid-camera shots and over the shoulder shots of Arnold facing the audience and their applause as they see Arnold's incredible physique. and are astounded by it.
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