Asif Kapadia’s Senna documentary.
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Ayrton Senna. Photo courtesy Cinetic.
Historically, movies about auto racing have been, pardon, hit or miss. A few have gained traction: Le Mans (with Steve McQueen) and Winning(with Paul Newman) for good reasons, and some for other reasons: Days of Thunder (Tom Cruise) andTalladega Nights (Will Ferrell). SENNA, directed by Asif Kapadia and now in theaters after hitting the festival circuit, might at face value be even more of a challenge for American audiences—a documentary about a divisive figure in a sport watched by few state-side (even films about America’s rust and sunbelt favorite, NASCAR, are big gambles), despite its enormous international popularity. And yet it’s winning hearts and minds here.
