RobL Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 (edited) It was on BBC Two this afternoon. Available on the iplayer for the next 29 days - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000m21l/le-mans Only a few days until the real thing starts for the 89th time also... Edited August 15, 2021 by RobL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 I watched it on BBC 2* a couple of months ago. It was slated by some critics back in the day. And to be fair, there are some slightly boring bits. But, to counter that there are plenty of action bits, some glorious sounds, and lots and lots of visual goodies. One of my top twenty films. *No adverts! Yay! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 This house will be like mission control next weekend. TV, timing screens, various laptops following the event. I’ll download a spotters guide during the week... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Me too,but not maybe the timing screens! I'm a great fan of Le Mans,and go most years. At least we can watch it all on Eurosport. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 I queued up the movie after reviewing the new Meng Ford GT40 Mk.II, but haven't got round to watching it yet. I've never watched the real thing live before, partly because it's probably only on Sky, but also because I struggle to stay awake for long periods, nevermind 24 hours! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 It did get about an hours coverage on BBC on and off in the 80's I think,so when the Silk Cut Jaguars started racing I forced myself to go the race to see it live,I just had to! The best race in the world still even though they keep changing everything including the food choices believe it or not. Hoping to watch as much as possible on Eurosport this weekend....Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Watched it today, and the problems it went through during production really showed. Very little in the way of dialogue or story, just lots of cool old cars hurtling round the track. It was a bit dull at times… have to say 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckw Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Mike said: Very little in the way of dialogue or story, just lots of cool old cars hurtling round the track. It was a bit dull at times They were going for authenticity 😁 cheers Colin 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Still one of my favourite movies of all time. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 It's literally just about the cars and the racing,I don't think anyone speaks till about an hour in. Chris. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Kitkent said: It's literally just about the cars and the racing,I don't think anyone speaks till about an hour in. Chris. I think the first line of "script" is spoken at the 37 minute point according to IMDb, and it's literally just someone mumbling something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 It's started! I managed to get to watch the 1st.qualifying on Wednesday,but need to watch last nights final qualifying now. One car looks as though it may not start the race,an LMP2 car. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I was on Eurosport last night. There seemed Med a lot of ‘checking out the parameters of the track’, testing of gravel traps and the limits of adhesion yesterday. Lots of sand bagging going wrt Balance of performance.... Looking forward to it..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobL Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) On 17/08/2021 at 00:55, Mike said: Watched it today, and the problems it went through during production really showed. Very little in the way of dialogue or story, just lots of cool old cars hurtling round the track. It was a bit dull at times… have to say On 17/08/2021 at 07:53, ckw said: They were going for authenticity 😁 cheers Colin Yep. That's what McQueen wanted. If you watch the documentary made in 2015 called Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans, it sheds quite a bit of light on the problems, most of which seem to be Steve McQueen himself. That's also on the iPlayer at the moment (apparently it was aired on Tuesday on BBC Four) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000gg35/steve-mcqueen-the-man-and-le-mans He was an actor turned racing driver making a documentary about racing. They had no script to begin with and were a bit rudderless. The initial director, John Sturges quit. The movie studio took over. And so, we ended up with a mishmash of racing documentary and movie. However, it is the greatest Hollywood racing movie so far, for a few reasons, including, the fact that a lot of the footage was filmed during the actual race in 1970, and where they staged the footage the cars were all filmed at racing speeds - something that had never been done before. You'll never see such good footage of those cars at any time period and the cars were as near to being as they were on race day. Grand Prix (the Hollywood racing movie that came before Le Mans) can't make that claim, nor Rush, nor Le Mans '66 (Ford vs Ferrari). I guess it's a film for aficionados like me. Anyhow, not long now until the start of the real event this year. Looks like it's a bit wet for the start! 🏁 Edited August 21, 2021 by RobL typos 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade H Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 17/08/2021 at 07:53, ckw said: They were going for authenticity 😁 😁 For added realism, it should have been shown at drive-ins so that people could turn up with camper vans and tents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 12:55 AM, Mike said: Very little in the way of dialogue or story, just lots of cool old cars hurtling round the track. It was a bit dull at times… have to say I think I lasted about 15 minutes with this one. There's something about this kind of "impressionistic" documentary I really don't like. The lack of a voice-over or on-screen captions really pushes you away from the subject, IMHO. They make the assumption you know a lot about the race - I don't, so this seemed very dull. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 I think the boring bits were there on purpose, "Everything else is just waiting..." Thise 917's coming out of Arnage sideways.....😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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