199 Lives: Subaru's Love Letter to Travis Pastrana
Film Review
Let me first say that this is a glorious, glamorous, elegant, heart wrenching trailer. When I watch it it makes my heart soar and wrenches the momma part of me. The love that Sal Masekala enthuses is nothing for what I feel when I watch any of this. I want what this kid has.
After sitting on an leaked copy for a full month of the new movie 199 Lives: The Travis Pastrana Story,which is finally released today across the country in theaters, I can write a review of this documentary with a clear conscience.
Pastrana is a fascinating story. He has many enthusiast loyal followers and as he has transitioned from SuperCross and freestyle motocross, through Nitro Circus and shenanigans of such epic proportion that even critics just can't look away as he jumps out of airplanes without a parachute and ramps flips into the Grand Canyon on his bike with a parachute.
This film highlights previously used footage of all of that but includes a lot of nice coverage of 24 year old Pastrana's latest passion: WRC for Subaru's Rally Team. But the really special parts of the film are the interviews with his parents, friends and industry experts/fans and Pastrana himself discussing his view take on risk management and speculates why he suffers from night terrors so severely.
Pastrana is an inventor, an athlete and I would even say a performance artist. From his parents to all of his sponsors (Red Bull, Suzuki and Subura) to his friends and family, all show him unconditional support and love while he risks his life with every thing he tries. Pastrana has changed every sport that he has touched and will move WRC into a whole new realm of popularity.
In the last month I have watched this movie no less than 8 times. I had it to show my daughter who is a 14 year old scaredy-cat, my post-teen nephews who are Pastrana's generation, my pre-teen neighbor who plays hockey, my earth-mother best friend....all because I wanted to see their reaction to someone who is living life without fear and is surrounded by people who not only let him live like that but wouldn't expect anything less for him. It isn't a the best documentary ever and it will probably stay in limited release in theaters but the story is an inspiration of how someone can live by choice in danger and completely without fear. It means something to me to see that.
If my daughter broke free and chose to be fearless, could I let her unconditionally live and just be grateful for her time on the earth that I gave her? If I lived my life as he does could I get by with it? Maybe we don't have to take it to his extremes but we both were so elevated and inspired. At what cost? I hope his parents never are fulfilled with what they both expect. I hope he loses his night terrors. I started to say that I hope that he lives a full life but I think that he is every day.
Jason at mota.net told me today that Travis should be the host of an American style Top Gear. Isn't that what Nitro Circus is? When some sponsor figures out how to wrestle this guy to the ground we will miss him.
For theater locations visit: 199 Lives
Stumble It!
Let me first say that this is a glorious, glamorous, elegant, heart wrenching trailer. When I watch it it makes my heart soar and wrenches the momma part of me. The love that Sal Masekala enthuses is nothing for what I feel when I watch any of this. I want what this kid has.
After sitting on an leaked copy for a full month of the new movie 199 Lives: The Travis Pastrana Story,which is finally released today across the country in theaters, I can write a review of this documentary with a clear conscience.
Pastrana is a fascinating story. He has many enthusiast loyal followers and as he has transitioned from SuperCross and freestyle motocross, through Nitro Circus and shenanigans of such epic proportion that even critics just can't look away as he jumps out of airplanes without a parachute and ramps flips into the Grand Canyon on his bike with a parachute.
This film highlights previously used footage of all of that but includes a lot of nice coverage of 24 year old Pastrana's latest passion: WRC for Subaru's Rally Team. But the really special parts of the film are the interviews with his parents, friends and industry experts/fans and Pastrana himself discussing his view take on risk management and speculates why he suffers from night terrors so severely.
Pastrana is an inventor, an athlete and I would even say a performance artist. From his parents to all of his sponsors (Red Bull, Suzuki and Subura) to his friends and family, all show him unconditional support and love while he risks his life with every thing he tries. Pastrana has changed every sport that he has touched and will move WRC into a whole new realm of popularity.
In the last month I have watched this movie no less than 8 times. I had it to show my daughter who is a 14 year old scaredy-cat, my post-teen nephews who are Pastrana's generation, my pre-teen neighbor who plays hockey, my earth-mother best friend....all because I wanted to see their reaction to someone who is living life without fear and is surrounded by people who not only let him live like that but wouldn't expect anything less for him. It isn't a the best documentary ever and it will probably stay in limited release in theaters but the story is an inspiration of how someone can live by choice in danger and completely without fear. It means something to me to see that.
If my daughter broke free and chose to be fearless, could I let her unconditionally live and just be grateful for her time on the earth that I gave her? If I lived my life as he does could I get by with it? Maybe we don't have to take it to his extremes but we both were so elevated and inspired. At what cost? I hope his parents never are fulfilled with what they both expect. I hope he loses his night terrors. I started to say that I hope that he lives a full life but I think that he is every day.
Jason at mota.net told me today that Travis should be the host of an American style Top Gear. Isn't that what Nitro Circus is? When some sponsor figures out how to wrestle this guy to the ground we will miss him.
For theater locations visit: 199 Lives
Labels: Films, MX, Rally Car, SX, WRC
Stumble It!
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