If you don’t know of Ayrton Senna, you don’t know about the
greatest Formula One driver who has ever lived. Whether you watch Formula One or
not, the documentary Senna (2011) is
an inspiring movie, in both its storytelling and its material. Senna was not
only a great driver, he was a man of God, and one who held his temper through
many situations in Formula One, in which, he would have been justified in
cursing many people. But he did not. He kept his composure and just tried to
get back to pure racing despite the obstacles and the politicization of Formula
One racing.
The documentary is unique in that it is told exclusively
using archival footage. There is no one narrator. There are many. Besides Senna
and a couple of rivals, you don’t see the person telling the story. And the
stories themselves are brilliantly woven together using Senna family video,
on-board racecar cameras, aerial shots, and television productions of the races
and the subsequent interviews.
The movie should be nominated for an Oscar in the category.
It’s one of the best documentaries I have seen and definitely the best of 2011.
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