Recensione di eldoradofilm2

A must-see for everybody who's interested in racing history. It seems like everybody who survived those years is in it, even Ken Miles' son. Fantastic archival material (great footage, superb stills, vintage interview bits) make for a great documentary about Shelby / Cobra / the GT 40 etc. It would have been a total winner if the filmmakers would have trusted their own skills and the content more - most of the running time the film is spoiled by a terrible, noisy, never ending musical sound carpet. TV guys do this all the time, fearing that the audience suffering from attention deficit disorder might switch the channel if there's a second or two without noise. Which is very unfortunate - I had to stop the film every 20-30 mintes, I got headaches from trying to follow the narration / interviews (no pauses there as well unfortunately, no "mood scenes") buried under 2 hrs of music. A good documentary needs to live and breath as any feature film. But the film is a great treasure regarding all the ingredients and effort behind it !!