The best racing film of all times, past, present and future is "A Gentleman's Motor Racing Diary" by the legendary John Tate, which you can get at
http://www.capricornmedia.com.au
Besides, it costs 130 AUD (I imagine it means Australian Dinars or something), which translates to mere pennies in your local currency (if your local currency includes the penny).
The fact that is Chaparral's company the one distributing the film has nothing to do with the previous judgement, ehem... not even a tiny bit, not at all, no, no and no. Move along, citizen, there is nothing to see here, this is not spam.
Now, seriously, this film is a very particular view of the world left behind, the one where motor racing developed. It is a story of great competitions, kind of olympians, specially when you contemplate the sportmanship you need when the cars were not models of efficiency and errors were paid with life: you were much more corteous. It's like dancing with guns: you are very careful, really.
This idea, this feeling of racing closer to danger, is seen through the eyes of an amateur moviemaker pretty much in love with racing. He's the kind of man that kept a personal diary, a a gallery and a film archive on his experiences in motor racing. You could call him "the first blogger" in Formula One History.
On the down side, the movie
doesn't feature Tom Cruise.
I couldn't stop thinking that nowadays you cannot film the races.... there should be a law about that!
Well, in short, this is a cool movie to have around.
