'Le Mans '66' reminiscent of Steve McQueen's 1971 movie about the race
The premiere this month of the movie Le Mans ’66 (titled Ford v Ferrari in the United States) brings the startling realisation that it’s almost half-a-century since the release of Steve McQueen's film Le Mans. Fans of historic motor racing are inclined to view the earlier of these two movies through rose-coloured glasses, but let’s be honest: the glamorously fast cars were part of a tediously slow story, and McQueen said so little throughout the film that it looked as if he was being paid by the word and the producers had run out of money.
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