# ‘Douglas Gordon By Douglas Gordon’ Director Finlay Pretsell On His Portrait Of An Eccentric Genius: “This Is The Mind Of A Conceptual Artist” – Edinburgh Film Festival

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- Published: 2026-08-17T06:20:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/08/douglas-gordon-by-douglas-gordon-director-finlay-pretsell-1237042674/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Europe, Film, Music, World

## Summary

On the face of it, Finlay Pretsell’s first feature, Time Trial (2017), seemed like any other underdog sports movie, chronicling the last hurrah of disgraced Scottish cyclist David Millar in his last year as a professional rider at the Tour De France. Others might have taken the easy option and milked this against-all-odds story for…

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