F1 director Joseph Kosinski says crash scenes in Brad Pitt film are ‘inspired by real-life events’: We worked very hard

F1 director Joseph Kosinski says crash scenes in Brad Pitt film are ‘inspired by real-life events’: We worked very hard

F1 director Joseph Kosinski said that the film's cast and crew “didn't quit until we got it right”. 

'F1' Review: A first-place finish for Joseph Kosinski

I can pinpoint the exact moment in Joseph Kosinski’s F1 when I knew this movie had me hook, line, and sinker. It comes quick, in the film’s “prologue,” long before Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) gets behind the open wheel in a grand prix, back when he’s still just wandering around the racing Earth, to paraphrase Tarantino, like Caine in Kung Fu. He was hot shit years and years ago, battling Ayrton Senna in his debut race in Formula One, before […] The …

F1 Review – 'See it on the biggest screen you can'

Remember Top Gun: Maverick? Joseph Kosinski’s big-screen triumph of 2022, which saw Tom Cruise and his co-stars actually flying in planes? With F1, Kosinski returns to capturing vehicular action with a level of commitment never seen before. This time, it’s the world’s fastest cars, and he’s swapped out one megawatt movie star in Cruise for another: Brad Pitt. Pitt is Sonny Hayes, a grouchy gambler who lives in his van and, after a horrifying acc…