Senna (2010)
Directed by Asif Kapadia
The remarkable story of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of Senna, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later.
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What critics compared Senna to
A former prodigy in the ’90s who raced with some of the greats (Ayron Senna, subject of an amazing 2010 doc, is mentioned often)…
…notably SENNA and RUSH…
There's Senna in his red and white McClaren…
In the 2006 comedy Talladega Nights , Will Ferrell and Sasha Baron Cohen were hilarious as NASCAR drivers bent on each other’s destruction, while the mesmerizing 2010 documentary Senna traced the real-life competition between the Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna and his career archrival, the French driver Alain Prost.
Unfortunately, Morgan and Howard never really investigate their compulsion to drive; urges we saw explored fully in the supreme F1 doco Senna, and the torturous tale of extreme sportsman Aron Ralston, 127 Hours.
Unlike the charismatic Formula One racer Ayrton Senna — the subject of Asif Kapadia's superb 2010 documentary "Senna" — both Hunt and Lauda are extremely arrogant, albeit in diametrically opposite ways.
The plot lacks the grease-stained poetry of better gearhead clashes (such as the extraordinary 2010 documentary Senna ); cynically, Rush seems to be courting a video-game crowd impatient for another CGI-heavy Fast & Furious.
We don’t get many films about professional racing, only “Senna”, “Days of Thunder”, and “Talladega Nights” come immediately to mind, so it’s always refreshing to see a film attempt to capture the speed and power of the elegant machines built to satiate humankind’s relentless need to race.