1:42.08 (1966)

Directed by

George Lucas

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary follows a Lotus 23 race car as it speeds around a track. The film uses the car's engine sound and fast-moving visuals to create a poetic feel.

visually lushfast-pacedatmosphericfocusedrhythmicabstractenergeticminimalist

What happens

1:42.08 (also known as 1:42.08: A Man and His Car and 1:42.08: To Qualify) is George Lucas's 1966 senior project at the University of Southern California. It was named for the lap time of the Lotus 23 race car that was the subject of the film. It is a non-story visual tone poem depicting the imagery of a car going at full speed, and featuring the car's engine as the primary sound element. Shot on 16mm color film with a 14-man student crew, it was filmed at Willow Springs Raceway, north of Los Angeles, California. The Lotus 23 was driven by Pete Brock. Lucas cited the influence of Jean-Claude Labrecque's 1965 short documentary on a cycling competition, 60 Cycles, on 1:42.08. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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