I always see ads for it on TCM but wow the camera work in the racing scenes was something else. The movie itself didn't really interest me but it's one of those films shot in a way that it just grabs you and holds you the entire time. Goes to show that TCM and old movies should be mandatory at film schools.
just saw steve mcqueen in Le Mans today
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Larry Young
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You should watch every film Steve McQueen did (yes, even The Sand Pipers), and then every ep of Wanted Dead or Alive to graduate college, you ask me.
CTF
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this is why i love the movies back then. The camera only moved when they absolutely had to move it. ever since the cameras got small enough to carry every director has to make you dizzy by moving them all over the place. It also helps that mcqueen does his own stunts as much as possible. Another like this i want to see is Grand Prix (i think that's the name) and has james garner in it.
Larry Young
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When we meet, I will give you a big hug and buy the first drink.
And then we will don our crimefighting costumes but fail to recognize each other in our kit, spend 12 pages fighting until one says something the other recognizes; laugh at the hilarious misunderstanding, and then put aside our differences to team-up and fight the supervillain actually behind the issue we first had trouble about.
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wait, what?
:lol
CTF
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CTF
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I know just the villain!
I've had it on DVD for quite some time. In terms of cinematogaphy I think it is a masterpiece (certainly in terms of capturing the historical race of that era). I could watch the opening moments of the race over and over again and never get bored. I watch it for as much the sound as the images. I really hope they release it on Blu-ray someday.
Kittlemeier
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Larry Young
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Ah, yes; such a piffle, I couldn't remember it right.
:lol
Or, more likely, all that unclean living I did in Elberton, Georgia in the late 80s ruined my long-term memory.
:lol
Or, more likely, all that unclean living I did in Elberton, Georgia in the late 80s ruined my long-term memory.
I have one of Mcqueens jackets from that movie. My father in law was with McQueen throughout the filming of That movie - the stories he has about he and Mcqueen are halarious!
I'll have to find the darn thing - pops gave it to me years ago - as well as one of Mcqueens personal zippo lighters that i still use from time to time. The two of them were really close.
And yes - i call Carroll "pops" partly because of Speed Racer - he does remind me of him - mechanic and all
Zombie_61
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Not to mention how close the cars were--there are at least two scenes where I'd swear the car being filmed actually bumped into the camera.
Zombie_61
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I think you're referring to David Piper and his "sacrifice" (their word, not mine). He wasn't killed, but he did lose a leg in a crash while filming one of the stunt scenes.
