“GRAN TURISMO”, THE LEGEND OF THE RACING WORLD
Cinema Writer/Film Critic Efe TEKSOY; wrote the action, adventure, and drama film “GRAN TURISMO ”, for America’s Los Angeles-based Internet Newspaper @alaturkanews.
A TRUE AMERICAN DREAM
Produced by; 2.0 Entertainment Epic Films, Michael DeLuca Productions, PlayStation Productions, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Trigger Street Productions the movie with a budget of 60 million dollars, National Cinema Day outpaced Barbie ($15.1million) with $17.4 million at the weekend box office and palced at the top.Directed by Oscar and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Neill Blomkamp, Gran Turismo is based on the famous racing simulation video game series of the same name developed by Polyphony Digital. Jann Mardenborough, a young Gran Turismo player; He tells how he became a professional race car driver after the Race Simulation he participated in and he fought in one of the most elite sports in the world. In this sense, we come across an impressive biographical coming-of-age sports drama with the theme of the American Dream, where dreams and opportunities come true. The production, which will be watched by motor racing enthusiasts, offers an exciting action feast.
TOPIC OF THE FILM
Based on the unbelievable, inspiring true story of a team of underdogs – a struggling, working-class gamer, a failed former race car driver, and an idealistic motorsport exec – who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world.
Stars; Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Takehiro Hira, Darren Barnet, Geri Horner, Djimon Hounsou, Josha Stradowski, Daniel Puig and Maeve Courtier-Lilley.
BEHIND THE SCENES
-Gran Turismo was filmed on location on real racetracks around the world including the Slovakia Ring in Slovakia, the Dubai Autodrome, the Nürburgring, the Red Bull Ring in Austria, and the Hungaroring.
-Michelin is the official tire partner of the film and provided all the necessary rubber which can now be seen on the big screen like the Pilot Sport 4S and Pilot Sport Cup 2 R, on all the films cars.
-Screenwriter Zach Baylin cited Rocky (1976) and Top Gun (1986) as influences on this film.
-The character of Lesley Mardenborough is Geri Halliwell, a member of the music group Spice Girls nicknamed Ginger and sexy Spice. In real life, she is married to the team principal of Formula 1 racing team Red Bull, Christian Horner.
THE ART OF POWER
In the room of the main character, Jann Mardenborough, we see the book of James Hunt, the legendary British Formula 1 driver who won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1976. Known as “Hunt The Shunt” due to his aggressive driving style and remembered for his superior skills behind the wheel, the pilot took his place in history among Formula 1 legends. So we understand where the Mardenborough character inspired his driving style. Also, the character of Jack Salter tells race drivers during training that driving and racing is a kind of art of domination and sort of control of power says. Here, we actually see The Will to Power, a doctrine of thought that Friedrich Nietzsche calls the most fundamental truth of life, that is, the desire of living things to be more and to have dominance.
GRAN TURISMO
The sushi chef who smiles at him at the restaurant when the Jann Mardenborough character goes to Japan is actually the real-life Kazunori Yamauchi. He is a professional racing driver and CEO of Polyphony Digital, best known as a renowned Japanese video game designer and producer of the Gran Turismo racing video game series. Gran Turismo, in the genre of action, adventure and drama, offers a production that motorsports enthusiasts and action fans will enjoy.
EFE TEKSOY
