Review of Downhill Racer (1969) by Tonypolito — 14 Aug 2010

Visually pleasing, but the scriptwork is pure bore-fest.

Crisp colors and camerawork extensively gander at 1970ish Alpine slopes and townships, while Redford races down them - and around them in a yellow Porsche Carrera 911.

Imagine the perfect 1968 long-legged Euro-blonde dressed in a YSL miniskirt and pearl white lipstick and you've got a fair fix on Redford's love interest, Camilla Sparv.

And, of course, this is Redford at his most pretty-boy handsome.

Otherwise, there really nothing else on the menu.

RECOMMENDATION: Pleasant enough nostalgic TCM viewing while I worked my desk - and that's the best that can be said of it.