Raging Ball
Not silly sport but survival instinct gives Marty Supreme its spin
[Oscar nominations are in two weeks and the big show is March 15, so I have to stay on top of the big contenders. Already did Nuremberg and Blue Moon.]
Sports movies are usually heroic. For one thing, they’re usually biopics, and that form (as I’ve argued elsewhere, an intrinsically minor one) indulges the audience’s desire to revel in the hero’s accompl…


