A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story

I cannot believe the people that give this documentary a low star review! So much love time and effort went into making this. Viewers are so damn ungrateful these days! You make it if you think you can do better.

Loved watching every second of this. Thank you!!

The average rating is bogus! Doesn't reflect the documentary at all.

Wish there where more stories like this available online.

Amazing.

I want engine noise! All I got was a wall of pointless background music, drowning out both voice and noise. Could not stand to keep watching (hearing) that.

I mean, I feel ya bud but... come on, is that really 1 worthy?

This is a technically competently made doc on the life of Juan Manuel Fangio, one of the greatest drivers of all time. It is nice to have some of Formula 1's greatest legends talk about one of their idols and the impact he had on their lives. It is pretty informative on the F1 side but it lacks on the more personal side. His life had a lot of incredible situations (he was kidnapped by Cubans for Chrissake!) that are barely mentioned and I think there should have been a lot more emphasis on the Ascari death, which isn't even mentioned! So all in all it's a decent doc that feels a bit incomplete.

"A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story" is a very captivating film that properly pays homage to one of the greatest legends of Formula One. Archive footage combines in this documentary with expert testimony and comments from Fangio himself; readers can relish both the intensity and elegance of a racing career that has become the watermark generations later. While this documentary on the entire career of Juan Manuel Fangio is first and foremost oriented to appeal to racing fans, it makes his story accessible and inspiring to a larger audience by showing not only his extraordinary skill behind the wheel but also the humble and determined character that made him a champion. Though sometimes the documentary glides over some tricky areas in his life, it is still reverent toward Fangio's legacy and portrays old-school motorsport with a real sense of excitement-for this reason, it's an absolute must-see for any fan of sport and history.