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Post by pantah on Sept 4, 2018 20:34:45 GMT
This two part documentary by Henry Cole is a superb tribute to McQueen. I loved the international 6 day trial bit, he really loved just being a biker and a racer. His good mate Bud Ekins was the one who made the famous Great Escape jump but according to Steve's wife, McQueen actually made the jump in the morning of the shoot. Fair play if he did, these old Triumphs weighed a ton with pretty much zero suspension. One of the coolest dudes ever. Well worth a watch  |
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Post by mekon on Sept 9, 2018 10:36:53 GMT
He was indeed the personification of cool but I watched Steve Mcqueen and Le Mans film and he came across as a bit of a cunt, especially where his women were concerned.
That said, Le Mans is my GOAT motorsport film. I can understand why most people hate it as its story is minimal, so is its dialogue but it captures the feeling of those actually doing the competing imo, almost like silent cinema, it's all actions and purpose but with the only real soundtrack being the engines. That start sequence is hypnotic.
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Post by pantah on Sept 9, 2018 16:23:35 GMT
I'm embarrassed to say i've never seen Le Mans. They talked about it in the Henry Cole documentary and it seems that McQueen always wanted it to be authentic rather than another Hollywood shmuck film. Will definately check it out. As for dialogue in films, well most new shit seem to thrive on large portions of actors looking at each other with weird, non realistic silent staring.
I watched the Lord of the Rings again last week and the last half hour was nothing short of a staring contest.
Oh, and welcome back as an official member Meeks.
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Post by mekon on Sept 9, 2018 20:12:35 GMT
Lords of the rings descends into homoerotic hobbits towards the end with Sam just getting too carried away about poor Mr. Frodo.
Ryan Gosling is the current king of staring. Drive is a masterpiece of staring but I think he really perfected the art in Bladerunner 2049.
This said I prefer a bit of staring to the current trend of too much dialogue in films where everything has to be explained to dumb audiences and it's sort of shoehorned in a quips but it's not funny.
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