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> Anyone who really liked LeMans should buy "A French Kiss with Death".
> One review I saw in an auto magazine termed it "a horrid title for a
> really good book". I agree about both<snipped an excellent review>
David, Thanks for the review. I'd been holding off on buying the book until
I'd heard more about it. I'm a longtime fan of Michael Keyser's work,
especially his photography, so I think I'll go for it.
Here is his site, for anyone who might want to read about the book or any of
their other interesting projects: http://autosportsltd.com/ I recommend
"The Heavily Censored History of Hesketh Racing".<g>
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In article <[email hidden]>,
Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Kev wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know the number and model of the Ferrari that racesagainst
> > Steve McQueens #20 Porsche 917 in the classic 1971 movie Le Mans?
>
> There are a couple, but his chief rival, Eric Stahler (played by
> Siegfried Rauch), drives a Ferrari 512S Coda Lunga (long tail) with,if
> I remember correctly, the number 8.
Anyone who really liked LeMans should buy "A French Kiss with Death".
One review I saw in an auto magazine termed it "a horrid title for a
really good book". I agree about both. After reading the book, I
finally found out that the title wasn't just picked out of the air by
some marketing asshole. A fellow writing a proposal for a documentary
about the making of the movie had described LeMans that way, no doubt
trying to make it sound sensational enough to get his project funded.
However, I still think it was a bad choice of title. The people
childish enough to think the title is "cool" are not the same people
willing to pay $59 for a book about a thirty-year-old movie.
I really enjoyed the book, and I'm happy that I bought it, although I
would have liked even more detail about the making of the movie instead
of so much explanation of the history of the race itself. There are
plenty of other books about the race. It's a big book, with a LOT of
pictures. In fact, there are so many pictures that the actual text
doesn't take nearly as long to read as you'd expect from the heft of
the book. The book also doesn't whitewash McQueen's conduct. If you
would prefer to think he was perfect, you might not want this book
bursting your balloon, so to speak. All told, if you're the kind of
person who's watched the movie multiple times (and own your own tape of
it), you would enjoy this book. If you're the kind of person who
thinks the movie stank just because there's really no plot, and no real
love story, you'll want to pass. You shouldn't have any trouble
knowing which side you're on, because there's not much middle ground.
Dave Wilson
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Before you buy.
A bit OT for ras but what the heck.
Does anyone know the number and model of the Ferrari that races against
Steve McQueens #20 Porsche 917 in the classic 1971 movie Le Mans?
cheers
Kev
Kev wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the number and model of the Ferrari that races against
> Steve McQueens #20 Porsche 917 in the classic 1971 movie Le Mans?
There are a couple, but his chief rival, Eric Stahler (played by
Siegfried Rauch), drives a Ferrari 512S Coda Lunga (long tail) with, if
I remember correctly, the number 8.
BB
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:05:26 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:
>However, I still think it was a bad choice of title. The people
>childish enough to think the title is "cool" are not the same people
>willing to pay $59 for a book about a thirty-year-old movie.
Found the book at A1books.com for 38.95 ...
Jeff
