I just got my BluRay DVD of the new Senna documentary, directed by the british team of director Asif Kapadia and writter by Manish Pandy
I've been wanting to see this movie in quite a while and the US release has been a mistery. I understand that documentaries and Formula 1 aren't top priority in for the studios.
After managing to get a hold of the Brazilian relea
se through my sister, I went on to watch the extended version. I found it to be a very nice compilation of mostly already available footage but nicely stitched for the audience consumption.
The documentary does a great job outlining the life of the arguably the greatest F1 driver ever. I am not sure it's Oscar worthy but it is by far the best Senna documentary to date.
My only mistake was to start with the Extended Version, which was super long and loaded with talking head testimonials. The Theater version was much better ... makes sense, I suppose.
I also don't see much point in acquiring this in BluRay format since most of the footage is very old, things from TV Globo video archive and not in very good shape. The music was superb, but you can get surround from a regular format DVD, so if you are going to buy this, save the extra dough.
I've read many other reviews touting the movie as being suitable for non-motorsports enthusiasts but I am still wondering about it.
Finally, even for an F1 afficionado who is old enough to remember the trajectory and know the 'story', I highly recommend this documentary. It did fill some gaps and rounded off the story nicely. If you don't know anything about Senna, you will come out of it knowing him for sure.
Did you watch it? What's your opinion.
I've been wanting to see this movie in quite a while and the US release has been a mistery. I understand that documentaries and Formula 1 aren't top priority in for the studios.
After managing to get a hold of the Brazilian release through my sister, I went on to watch the extended version. I found it to be a very nice compilation of mostly already available footage but nicely stitched for the audience consumption.The documentary does a great job outlining the life of the arguably the greatest F1 driver ever. I am not sure it's Oscar worthy but it is by far the best Senna documentary to date.
My only mistake was to start with the Extended Version, which was super long and loaded with talking head testimonials. The Theater version was much better ... makes sense, I suppose.
I also don't see much point in acquiring this in BluRay format since most of the footage is very old, things from TV Globo video archive and not in very good shape. The music was superb, but you can get surround from a regular format DVD, so if you are going to buy this, save the extra dough.
I've read many other reviews touting the movie as being suitable for non-motorsports enthusiasts but I am still wondering about it.
Finally, even for an F1 afficionado who is old enough to remember the trajectory and know the 'story', I highly recommend this documentary. It did fill some gaps and rounded off the story nicely. If you don't know anything about Senna, you will come out of it knowing him for sure.
Did you watch it? What's your opinion.
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