2020 · documentary · sports
The Speed Cubers
Directed by Sue Kim40m2020
This documentary captures the extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik's Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs.
Our read: The Speed Cubers (2020) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded documentary · sports entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle documentary / sports, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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