Desmo57 Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 This film brought tears to my eyes... A documentary about motor-racer Kim Newcombe, who turned heads in the 70s on a König motorbike he developed and designed himself. He was killed racing in 1973 and posthumously came second in that year's World 500cc Grand Prix. The film mixes interviews and underdog triumph on the track scenes, with Super 8 footage of family life on the circuit, and poignant wife-of-maverick reflections from his widow Janeen. Love, Speed and Loss won best documentary at the 2007 Qantas TV Awards and Air NZ Screen Awards for best documentary, directing, and editing. http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/love-speed-and-loss-2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 I had the privilege of watching this film on the flight home from Dubai. Its a very well put together documentary of film, cine camera from the time and interviews with people recently. Its an amazing insight into what racing used to be like, I couldn't imagine half of today's MotoGP boys living out of transit vans and putting up with the conditions these guys did. The amazing ability of Newcombe not only as a racer but also as an engineer is amazing. If you haven't seen it, try to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsv chris Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Brilliant documentary, the man was a true hero, engineer, mechanic, racer, and a father. What a harrowing tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Beautiful documentary. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighbike Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 just watched it thanks for the link WOW brought me to tears, silly old fucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC900RR Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Beautiful film, love all of the old racing footage. The man was something special. It's very sad to think about the amount of talented and brave men who have lost their lives needlessly to motorsports from lack regard to rider safety by event organisers. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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