FC Hollywood - Der FC Bayern und die verrückten 90er

I was sceptical after so many sports documentaries imitated "The Last Dance", but this series produced by BTF for German television really managed to capture the essence of an era where football (or "soccer") was even more entertaining off than on the pitch. All the ex-players featured could be (and partly have been) reality TV stars and it's fun to see them commenting on all this awesome archive footage (cudos for whoever dug all that material up). And I'm saying this although I am not a supporter of Bayern Munich, on the contrary. It's a throwback into a time where this club didn't win every championship and the Bundesliga was still interesting.

A good example of how much fun and how insightful a sports documentary can be if it's not the club itself producing it and cutting everything interesting out.

Well almost everyone I reckon - no pun intended ... also you have to like football (or soccer if you are American). I don't think you have to be sympathetic to the club (FC Bayern) though it wouldn't hurt I assume. I remember that I was following some of the stuff as it was happening. But as with actor celebrities, I never really got behind all the things that were happening ... so there was a lot of new stuff for me to discover.

And this does reveal quite a lot - not the "mole" that was responsible for so many leaks to the press though. And we have the people who could uncover ... them (if it is more than one person) ... maybe even more or more moles in the interviews.

There is a lot to unpack .. and there is a lot of fun to be had ... in hindsight of course. Because there is a lot of serious stuff too. I would have wished even more people would have had the chance to talk ... there are so many people ... there were so many chances ... wins and losses. So many ups and downs ... there was a reason the club was called FC Hollywood! Those who knew ... well they knew and they still know ... maybe even more so now with this documentary being released ... great interviews and some regrets ... but as they themselves probably think: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times ... or another one: I could have been someone ... I coulda been a contender .... well I hope I remember those quotes well enough for people to recognize the movies I am referencing ... but even if not (because the movies don't really play a role here) ... it should make sense to everyone.