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Not sure if this has been discussed before - probably has - but my search brought up nothing. The english language version was released on YouTube in November, and I watched it last night. Such an interesting subject (the Hahnenkamm), and I think they did it justice with some great racing & crash sequences, loads of archive footage, good interviews with Cuche, Svindal etc but a few things were quite grating - the bizarre scripted voice overs and it's hard not to be very aware throughout that it was produced by Red Bull. Erik Guay is pretty good, a lot more natural than some of the others and the Belarus racer and his mother were an interesting (and kinda crazy) side story. Would have liked to see more about women & the Hahnenkamm, but they didn't include anything. Nonetheless nice to see a film about racing (and such an iconic race too), as a change from all the Warren Miller, MSP powder films etc. Don't know about it's appeal to anyone not particularly interested in ski racing though
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@moseyp, thanks! Looks like it's worth watching.
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@moseyp,
watched this on amazon a few months back , i felt it could of been much better.
The content is all there and we could of had something akin to Senna but instead it all came out in a muddle.
Maybe one event was too concise and we should of had a few downhill and all the characters.
I dunno , i really wanted to like it and recommend it to friends to "get" what i do watching downhill but it failed.
Worth a watch but a pity it didnt deliver.
Downhill deserves a quality movie , all the content is there , the heroes , the villains , the controversy , the danger , the speed , the crashes.
All we need is Asif Kapadia to gather all the footage and direct the movie ski racing deserves 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The content is all there and we could of had something akin to Senna
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to be fair, Red Bull Media are never going to produce something of that quality, Senna had a very different team behind it (Working Title) so I don't think you can draw any parallels
but yeah it's a shame it wasn't good enough to have more mainstream appeal
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Its a pity as i think there is a demand for a quality ski racing movie , eddie the eagle one did quite well and the Senna story is all but lost on the new generation and it was a maintream hit.
Ski racing has all the ingredients , its just a pity someone hasnt the bottomless pit of money to make a box office movie.
I enjoyed Strief but i was a captive audience , the OH fell asleep
Have you seen The Crash Reel? its a great movie , uses montage footage and delves pretty deep into the sport of snowboarding and all the associated noise whilst remaining sincere and honest.
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Yeah it's very good, but nothing beats McConkey for me. Actually I think that was Red Bull too
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Yeah good one , that was on Netflix and got a few non skiing friends to watch that and they liked it.
Think ski movies have lost their way a little , i like the old school stuff , blizzard of ahhs is quality but some of the modern ones look great but are a bit too indulgent , i cant make the leap with them.
in saying that Deeper , Further and Higher i enjoyed , there was a part in one of them where Jeremy Jones videos himself going down a chute on pure ice , really got how poo-poo scared he was and just how extreme what those guys are doing is
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My favourite recent ski film is Supervention because it's not as annoying listening to people saying, "Gnarly, duuuude!" when they're saying it in Norwegian.
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| hawkwind wrote: |
| Its a pity as i think there is a demand for a quality ski racing movie |
What is wrong with Downhill Racer ?
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What is wrong with Downhill Racer ?
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Not a doc
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@Maireadoconnor, ill give that one a go.
@rjs, as @moseyp, says its not a doc.
We have all this amazing footage from the 70's klammer to the current Bode Millar , those guys could make a documentary on their own.
Be great if some of the movie guys could make something mashing the footage with a storyline like they did Senna and appeal to a broad audience and ignite downhill racing.
I remember watching Klammer as a kid in the 70's , David Vine and Ski Sunday was unmissable then and i didnt go near skis till 30 years later but that still sticks and was what made me always want to ski.
ive got into it and would love to turn more people onto skiing , what better way than a movie that shows the excitement and thrills?
The modern stuff is aimed at a small target audience to sell products not to showcase winter sports.
But yeah , downhill racer is getting searched for a stream
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You know it makes sense.
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| rjs wrote: |
What is wrong with Downhill Racer ? |
Watching it right now! Theres my early night ruined! 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@letsgetpiste, link ?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ha ha nice one ill get that in after bloody x factor!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Love it - more cheese than a fondue. Who knew Robert Retford could ski like that?
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Hey folks! Just a quick update / thread resurrection!
"Streif: One Hell of a Ride" is available on RedBull TV at the moment. Don't know for how long...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Resurrecting again, Streif is on Amazon Prime at the moment
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@davkt, think it's still on Red Bull, which is free for all. redbull.tv
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I've just dumped Prime but yes its still on redbull tv. It not short at just under 2 hours. The opening is a bit up its own back bottom with the priests, lets see if it gets better.
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Some boring bits but also good footage that shows a)how steep it is and b)how fast it is in a way race coverage never seems to manage
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| davkt wrote: |
| Some boring bits but also good footage that shows a)how steep it is and b)how fast it is in a way race coverage never seems to manage |
It sure does, like where he can just about scramble up the course slopes, yet they absolutely fly down them. Gutsy doesn't begin to describe it.
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It's a shame that most of it isn't pisted during the season. It would be a real treat to ski it, or at least be able to get on certain sections as the season goes on. I tend to get around to Kitzbuhel at the end of Feb earliest and you can ski from the start hut to the top of the steilhang without too much trouble, then all of the steep bits are covered in waist high bumps. The bottom is 3" of man made slush.
It would be like playing a free round at St Andrews or scoring a goal from the spot at Wembley if you could sky it from top to bottom. Otherwise, I completely agree that it is totally misrepresented on the TV and Graham Bell has balls like watermelons for going down it pre race.
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