"After his acclaimed documentaries profiling the likes of Ayrton Senna, Diego Maradona and Amy Winehouse, Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia has chosen a subject close to his own heart for his latest movie. While the trio of aforementioned documentaries were made as a trilogy examining child geniuses and fame', Kapadia is a lifelong Liverpool fan and has opted to mix his hobby with the day job, with a feature-length documentary about Reds legend Kenny Dalglish."
"When I agreed to make my film, I went up to Anfield and met Kenny in a boardroom. I explained that I don't film people when I make my documentaries. I like to use archive material and piece it together that way. I said we'd just need to meet a couple of times for some audio, then I'd go off and make the film. He liked the sound of that."
"My original idea was actually to make a film that just celebrated Kenny the footballer. I wondered if it would be possible to not touch on Heysel and Hillsborough. But I very quickly realised that wouldn't be an option. That misses the point of Kenny. He's not linked to those disasters because he was there and he was a prominent figure at the time, he's linked because he's the person who stepped up, and those moments are"
Asif Kapadia, an Oscar-winning director, made a feature-length documentary about Kenny Dalglish, a lifelong Liverpool player and manager. The film uses archival material with minimal new filming and relies on limited audio interviews to construct the narrative. The documentary traces Dalglish's playing achievements and managerial successes while addressing his responses to the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters. Kapadia initially intended to focus solely on Dalglish the footballer but concluded that omitting those tragedies would misrepresent Dalglish's significance. The film portrays Dalglish as a figure who stepped up during crises and as a key part of Liverpool's history.
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