Anyone seen this or know anything about it other than what's on the trailer? Looks interesting. http://www.100porschesandme.com/
Just found this critique: 100 Porsches and David Gates
It's an amusing idea, one we can all relate to. A man sees a Porsche in a showroom window and the image stays with him for years until, one day he goes looking for his Viper Green Porsche. “100 Porsches and Me” is the result. A documentary in German with English sub-titles.
The filmmaker, Andre Schafer travels around Germany, Switzerland and the US looking at, and talking to the owners of, Porsche 911s of every description. An old lady who received her car as an anniversary present, Jerry Seinfeld showing off some of his cars in a hangar at an undisclosed airport, an interior designer who coaxed the Porsche factory to paint his car to match his dinner plate, a barn find, an authentic RS, even the police.
Also included is a fascinating interview with Herbert Linge, who started as an apprentice at the Porsche factory and later drove the camera car in Steve McQueen’s movie “LeMans”, finishing eighth. They’re all here, experts, collectors, movie stars, salvers, posers, and wannabes. Lingering, well-lit shots of 911s, 356s, 959s, and Speedsters are intercut with archival footage of the Porsche family, its factory, and Nazi Germany.
So what’s not to like? For one thing, our yammering tour guide is annoying. And his inept clutching will keep you on edge, like nails on the chalkboard of impending disaster. But what really makes the movie almost unbearable is the soundtrack. If you asked David Gates to score your porno, this is probably what you’d get. Seriously, I found myself almost embarrassed to be watching the DVD. Whenever someone came into the room I would feel the need to explain, “I’m watching a documentary on Porsches”. And even worse, every time a car was started, this really awful, syrupy pop song would come to the foreground, completely obliterating those wonderful engine sounds we so desperately want to hear. At one point, Seinfeld gets behind the wheel of his 959 and says, “Wanna hear something special?”, and just as he turns the key, we’re treated to a "Brady Bunch knock off" from a‘70s cover band. Thanks!
The DVD is PAL not NTSC, so your player may not play it. But your computer will. I recommend that you get it, but you may enjoy it more with the sound off.
Not that there’s anything wrong with Bread..
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Loved it....
