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Summary: Le Mans
Comment: Le Mans was made when there was no such thing as Computer animation or CGI. Real Racing, Real Stunts, Real Speed. See it for some of the best racing footage ever filmed for a movie. -California Kid
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Summary: One of the best
Comment: "Le Mans" is, as so many reviewers before me have suggested, a true, tried, and tested classic. The story of a racecar driver, played by the great Steve McQueen, who returns to participate in a race in which he was involved in a major accident the year before, is a simple one. Not many words are spoken and few plotlines are brought into play. Yet the film has more expression and more passion than the best and biggest of dramas. We get to explore the character and soul of the racing driver, get to see and feel the tension and concentration of the race.
Although the acting is somewhat 'simple', for lack of better words, the visual side of the film is overwhelmingly well thought out. The direction and camerawork is, at least in my opinion, very convincing. The actual driving, the epicenter of the film, is extremely good. In fact it is so good and, perhaps more pertinently, dangerous, that I believe we shant see the likes of it ever again on film (unless, of course, it will be as computerized special effects).
"Le Mans" is, however, not first and foremost a visual, but a visceral experience. The sound of the film is nothing, if not fantastic. The roaring engines, the absence of music, the roaring engines. Oh, and the cars sound very nice too. The feeling that the film doesn't favour this or that aspect of the racing experience. No 'fake' tension is built up. We sit there as casual observers to a truly magnificent event, listening, watching, experiencing all that is Le Mans.
I guess if you're not a petrolhead or are unusually empathic and creative, you'd probably think the pacing of the film a bit slow. If you, however, like a bit of speed and or sports (or drink petrol for breakfast) this film was made for you.
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Summary: Classic action
Comment: What hasn't been said about Le Mans?? Short on story substance, long on action!!! If you've got a good surround system, let the glorious Porsche flat twelves and Ferrari v-twelves rip thru your speakers!!
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Summary: As Advertised
Comment: Incredible footage of fantastic cars. Le Mans lives up to its reputation as the best racing movie ever.
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Summary: Before there were in-car cameras...
Comment: I've been a sportscar racing fan since I was a child. And since my childhood was during the late 1960s and early 1970s, there really isn't any way to explain the impact the onboard footage had upon us back then.
I once raced sportscars as an amateur in the SCCA. There is no way on earth I can tell you what it actually feels like to go "out there", but at least in this film you can see what it looks like..
Yes, there's no love story...but don't ever say there's no plot. This film is a "fictional documentary". A study of a very misunderstood sport by a man who loved it so much he just wanted everyone to know what it was really all about. It is our (the racers' "our") good fortune that this man was a popular actor with enough financial backing behind him to make the attempt.
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