Jackie and Helen Stewart in Weekend Of A Champion
During a press conference at the Crosby Street Hotel in downtown Manhattan for Weekend Of A Champion, Jackie Stewart, co-producer Brett Ratner, and Roman Polanski via Skype discussed how little and how much has changed in Formula One racing, the sport's safety, style, and their friendship. The dyslexia Stewart has in common with George Lukas and Steven Spielberg, how Polanski analyses joyfulness then and now, and why Ron Howard's Rush should not be overlooked were among the topics conferred. For all the crucial information about racing, it is the genuine friendship between Polanski and Stewart that is most poignant for over 40 years since they met at the time of Rosemary's Baby.
Roman Polanski's long weekend with Jackie Stewart shows both men with substantial sideburns and the feathery disheveled cool early Seventies hair. When Stewart cuts himself while shaving, he...
During a press conference at the Crosby Street Hotel in downtown Manhattan for Weekend Of A Champion, Jackie Stewart, co-producer Brett Ratner, and Roman Polanski via Skype discussed how little and how much has changed in Formula One racing, the sport's safety, style, and their friendship. The dyslexia Stewart has in common with George Lukas and Steven Spielberg, how Polanski analyses joyfulness then and now, and why Ron Howard's Rush should not be overlooked were among the topics conferred. For all the crucial information about racing, it is the genuine friendship between Polanski and Stewart that is most poignant for over 40 years since they met at the time of Rosemary's Baby.
Roman Polanski's long weekend with Jackie Stewart shows both men with substantial sideburns and the feathery disheveled cool early Seventies hair. When Stewart cuts himself while shaving, he...
- 11/19/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Directors: Frank Simon, Roman Polanski; Starring: Jackie Stewart, Roman Polanski, Helen Stewart; Running time: 93 mins; Certificate: PG
Sir Jackie Stewart's son Mark described Roman Polanski's long-forgotten documentary Weekend of a Champion as a "time capsule" during a special screening at the London Film Festival, and for anyone fascinated by the history of motorsport, he's right. Made in between Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, Polanski and his fellow filmmakers were granted unparalleled access to film Stewart at the 1971 Monaco grand prix, one of motor racing's classic events.
Nobody would be able to make this kind of documentary at a grand prix in today's age of watertight commercial rights, and for that reason alone it's worth watching.
Polanski follows Stewart around almost constantly for the duration of the weekend, exploring the Monte Carlo street circuit with him in a road car. His film crew has access to Stewart's Tyrrell racing car...
Sir Jackie Stewart's son Mark described Roman Polanski's long-forgotten documentary Weekend of a Champion as a "time capsule" during a special screening at the London Film Festival, and for anyone fascinated by the history of motorsport, he's right. Made in between Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, Polanski and his fellow filmmakers were granted unparalleled access to film Stewart at the 1971 Monaco grand prix, one of motor racing's classic events.
Nobody would be able to make this kind of documentary at a grand prix in today's age of watertight commercial rights, and for that reason alone it's worth watching.
Polanski follows Stewart around almost constantly for the duration of the weekend, exploring the Monte Carlo street circuit with him in a road car. His film crew has access to Stewart's Tyrrell racing car...
- 11/4/2013
- Digital Spy
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