 After reading Go Like Hell, about the Ford/Ferrari rivalry from the 60’s, my husband suggested we rent the movies Grand Prix and Le Mans. This week was Le Mans, from 1971, starring Steve McQueen. This movie is almost a documentary, with lots of wonderful race fotage but not much story, and a very grim looking McQueen. He seems “grim” to me, but he may be just single-mindedly focused on the race (although I’d hate to walk through life never smiling!) There’s a girl thrown in the mix, turning up in places that don’t seem logical, and there’s no chemistry between her and McQueen.
 It was wonderful to see and hear vintage Porsches on the track. And you certainly get an idea of what sort of life drivers had during those 24 hours races. But I’ll take Yves Montand and Grand Prix any day.
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