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The Ultimate History Of Porsche

The Ultimate History Of Porsche
Directed by Bruce Cox

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A Fitting Tribute To The Engineering Genius Of Ferdinand Porsche and the Successes of his son's models, including the 356 and the Legendary 911. 92 minutes running time.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #118535 in DVD
  • Model: GUDVD5251
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Running time: 92 minutes

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Not quite the ultimate2
This is something of two reviews in one, since this dvd was bough in response to 'The ultimate history of Ferrari', again narrated by Bruce Cox. I found this a bit of a disappointment in comparison.

Bad points:
The 'Ferrari' dvd captures better the story, theatre and passion of Ferrari and has excellent bonus material - an Italian interview with Enzo Ferrari himself and a good look at the production line in the 1980's. The 'Porsche' dvd is a bit bland by comparison. Each chapter moves forward not like the acts of a play as in the other, but with something of the dullness of a textbook. This I think is partly due to the style it is written and also the difference in greatness between the two companies:

Supporting the former point, the cringeworthy background music sounds like it's been done on an old casio keyboard and the way its been put together is a bit uninspiring. In support of the latter point, the bonus material is of testing of the Porsche 'SUV' carbuncle. Yet, I feel that the passion of Porsche has been missed. Whereas the passion of Ferrari is in theatre and drama of exquisite cars which, granted, lends itself better to storytelling, the passion of Porsche is in the technical mastery of engineering and its own very particular blend of flawless execution and elegant style.

Good points:
It does, however, contain good and interesting footage, inlcuding Porsche assembly lines, testing and racing throughout. It touches the bases of the important and memorable models. There are section of uninterrupted racing too, although this is not storytelling.

All in all, its OK. I'm not someone who awards 5 stars for many things, so 2 is not as bad as it seems. But, of the two by Bruce Cox, Ferrari is better.