1 - Life On The Limit [Blu-ray]

Thoroughly enjoyed a look back at this sport. I remember first seeing Phil Hill driving and winning for Ferrari, as F1 was occasionally shown on TV (ABC Wide World of Sports?) and was covered in Road & Track magazine, which I sometimes bought at a newsstand and read.The danger of that sport was horrendous and those who survived even injuries were very lucky. I remember reading about most accidents in the 70's and even seeing some races (and accidents, which usually occurred in every race, most being serious) and just appalled with the loss of life.The 80's and early 90's were seen as years when safety began to come first, trickling in, but there were still people in the sport who were not willing to put safety as the top item with the rules for car design. Only with Senna's death was the sport dramatically changed. The biggest accidents I've seen, were the Kubica 2007 Montreal crash (on TV) and the Rolf Schumacher crash at Indy in 2004 (I was in the grandstands at the S/F line and saw it on the jumbotron screen and then saw his car sliding down the straight). Michael Schumacher also broke his leg in a crash, and several nasty incidents have since occurred at Monaco. Jules Bianchi is the only driver since Senna, to have died as a result of a F1 race and he died the year after he was severely injured, as he never recovered being comatose until his death.Today's F1 cars are incredibly safe, but the possibility still exists to die as a result of racing at such high speeds.While I've never been a fan of either Max Mosley or Bernie Ecclestone, those two gents took Jackie Stewart's call to arms and eventually forced safety as the #1 design criteria for an F1 car. The safety issues are still present in the sport, as we have seen tires improve over the years (remember the Michelin fiasco at Indy in 2005 where every Michelin-shod team backed out of the race after going to the grid? Only a few cars raced with Bridgestones, and Schumi won in the Ferrari.) We have also seen the use of fuel cells, carbon-fiber shells and tubs with incredible crash-worthiness built into the cars. It might get to the point where the next item to tackle is the sheer g-forces a driver undergoes in acceleration, braking, turning, and finally when crashing since internal organs have a tendency to rupture due to sudden directional change, with the brain and cardio-pulmonary system being the top two which can be affected. Head injuries are a serious matter, Felipe Massa being the one who comes to mind since he was hit by a bolt (I believe) from the track's surface in the helmet at speed. He survived and is still racing today. Head injuries are a serious issue, as exemplified by US football head injuries finally being recognized, and Schumi's horrendous skiing accident which has left him in an unknown state of being.This film dives into the era when racing was incredibly dangerous and men and fans died very frequently. The cars may have been things of beauty and the sport was quite romantic, but watch the seminal film, Grand Prix with James Garner, and you will definitely see that era thrown into your face with the danger and excitement and death. I have not seen the film on Jackie Stewart, Weekend of a Champion (1972), so I will rank the ones I have seen as the greatest films of the era before F1 cars were designed with safety first: Grand Prix (1966), Rush (2013), Senna (2010), and now 1:Life on the Limit (2014). Those are remarkable films of the romancing of a dangerous sport. I place Grand Prix at #1 since it is a cinematic masterpiece. I saw it when it came out and was totally amazed. I still am. Rush is a great film and a very close second, as Ron Howard did a remarkable job in portraying the scene in 1975-76 as it really was. Senna is a film which you know the ending and it's not good, so there is a sense of trepidation present, almost foreboding, as it focuses just on one driver, the great Ayrton Senna. This film, 1:Life on the Limit is quite a surprisingly good production.Enjoy this film and then compare the racing seen within it to what is now happening in F1. I applaud and welcome the safety measures in the sport, but feel the sport is lacking so much competition and excitement. It has also become incredibly expensive due to engine technology, with venues in locations where fans don't live or can afford to attend a race. The sport is over-due for a change if it is to continue.

Absolutely outstanding production. Great history and detail of drivers lives and how (F1) has improved the safety of the drivers. Truth is: The death of Senna blew the lid off the existing safety standards in Formula One. They got serious about driver safety because milions of people saw Senna's deadly accident in "real time." They quickly came to the conclusion that they could not have drivers losing their lives, in "real time" because it was bad for business. That weekend in Imola had two other terrible accidents, one of which took the life of another driver. They had to kick safety off the dime because of the live broadcasts now exposing things that had been no-where as realized to racing fans as the now instant total media coverage.One of the main reasons for this video is to show how well they have tackled he safety situation. As of the printing of this DVD they have not lost another driver since Senna in 1994. The film also gives you a very good lesson in the history ofF-1 since its start in the early fifties. I bought this DVD along with the film "RUSH." Some of the accidents actually filmed were also in RUSH in CGI Form. The horrible accident and fire of Niki Lauda is shown in RUSH exactly as it was in real time; just a little less clear in the F-1 film as shown digitally in RUSH. Senna's accident at Imola is also shown as were the other two accidents that occured that weekend. It's is all in the F-! film. The producers of the subject film didn't back away of showing some of the carnage history of F-1.Regardless, the subject film is the absolutely the best film I have ever seen on F-1. It also validates the RUSH film as being accurate and true to fact; inculding the Grand Prix that Niki Lauda decided to park his car rather than race in the conditions that were present that day. RUSH; F-1; and "SENNA" are the three best racing films ever made. The overall best could be the subject film.

I'm an extremely casual fan of racing preferring for the last decade shows like Top Gear which though they celebrate cars have quiet small nods to racing. Perhaps like others this piqued my interest further. F1 is probably the top proving grounds for the automotive world and it has a very rich history. This film explores that history in a very accessible way. The theme is how dangerous the sport always was only becoming more so before it became a NASA like entity with a focus on safety. The film doesn't shy away from the brutal past that begat the modern era of today's F1. You get to see quick profiles of the men who put it all on the line to win which is extremely interesting if you have even a casual interest like myself. I was quite intoxicated with these men's passion simply by watching this. It mirrors so much of man's progress in that bad things happen before as a community we take larger steps to insure real progress. This film celebrates determined survivors such as Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda who walked away from racing because they knew it wasn't taking proper heed of the ominous warnings which could be addressed. What F1 is today owes much debt to these men and, unfortunately, the fallen. The final take-away is that the sport, while still extremely dangerous, has grown up to value safety along with speed. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and recommend it to those who have like interests in the evolution of the automobile and how racing advanced it.

Stupendo : la storia della formula 1 racchiusa in un dvd. Gli anni 60 e 70 ( i più affascinanti ) raccontati magistralmente ,un po' trascurati gli 80.

El blue ray llego en tiempo y forma

Que pero ponerle pues que no esta subtitulado y yo creía que si. Bueno al menos las imágenes son fantásticas y entiendo algo de mi nivel medio-bajo de inglés.

フィクションではないF1全歴史がこの中にある全ての人に観て頂きたいです。

Passionné par les sports mécaniques, ce DVD apparu dans mes recommandations ne me disait, a priori, rien qui vaille !Je ne suis pas un "voyeuriste des accidents" et puis... j'ai vu qu'il était très bien noté avec d'excellents commentaires.Je l'ai finalement acheté et il est de très grande qualité. L'approche est réellement documentaire, les archives sont excellentes, les commentaires érudits et pédagogiques. Les tragiques événements sont remis dans leur contexte et ce sont des analyses fines et élaborées qui nous sont proposées. Je recommande ce DVD où la jaquette ne rend vraiment pas hommage à la somme de l'excellent travail d'ensemble réalisé..!