Grand Openings
Brad Davis (pictured above in a still from Chariots of Fire) doesn’t appear in the celebrated opening scene of the film, which is set around the 1924 London Olympics.
The opening scene lands at magnificent rather than transcendent, since the close-ups on the actors can trigger the odd cringe, subtracting just slightly from the majestic force of the sublime music by Vangelis (who duly won an Oscar for his work):
