Review of Senna (2010) by Jake S — 21 Sep 2012

This well-made documentary gets to grips with Senna's ideologies and way of thinking, notably after the infamous falling out with Alain Prost at the Japanese Grand Prix, his desire to succeed pushing himself more and more as other drivers experience bad crashes around him with additional voice-only narration from those who knew him, thus the documentary can remain timeless for years to come.

The documentary explores Senna's personality, religious beliefs, relationships within the sport and intertextualise's the Brazilian economic and political climate at the time. In terms of cinematography this documentary is based around the 90's, a decade where for the first time technological advancements and unparalleled access mean the quality and quantity of archive material/ camera shots is vast, digital grading and enhancing completed with 21st Century technology to document his racing years, the fatal crash that took his life and sad effect his death had on all those who knew him.