1976: Hunt Vs. Lauda

What is most interesting is that the interviews with Niki Lauda are terrific but even Niki, as is his style, doesn't carry the lingering rivalry that the two team bosses do in the film. It's fabulous and very telling about how a team takes Formula 1 very seriously. Another reason to never discount what Red Bull are currently doing in the sport because it isn't just Sebastian Vettel, it's the team that are working their tails off to make it happen.

The documentary details the season nearly race-by-race and doesn't get tedious or taxing on your attention span. You move along with the story line by virtue of the compelling commentary of Caldwell and Audetto that keeps you hankering for the next scene. With rare footage of the races and behind-the-scenes action, the documentary does a nice job of visually keeping you in the game and unlike the cinematic movie, the level of detail begins to unpack the story for you. Shots of the British crowd staging a hand-clapping revolution and mob mentality is video I had not seen before prompting Caldwell, an Englishman, to call it, not very British as he laughed about the event.

The documentary wraps up very quickly after the title was won and if I have a criticism it would be that the film could have let the viewer make a tad softer landing from the emotionally charged height the director created. Perhaps a little post 1976 career unpacking might have been good but that's nitpicking really. Overall, I found the documentary by producer Mathew Whiteman to be a very enjoyable piece with masterful commentary offered by Peter Windsor (as usual) and Simon Taylor (the pro that he is). If you enjoyed the movie RUSH, then you owe it to yourself to get this DVD to help fill in the gaps and give you a much better appreciation of what really happened. If you are a veteran of the sport, you'll love the new footage and hearing the tale again as well as the team boss commentary.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 16 februari, 2016