F1 (2025) puts in state of flow

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August 16, 2025

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As you probably figured out, the movie is about racing. It is kind of similar to Ford v Ferrari where you have an underdog team trying to compete on a race with Ferrari to win the race. In this case though, Ferrari was not the fastest car on the track. The fastest one was from Red Bull. And not just from Red Bull. It was Lewis Hamilton who is an actual real F1 driver, who also played himself in the film and who was one of the producers on the film.


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The theaters were shook by the release of F1 film and rightfully so. It is a pleasant viewing experience. Directed by Joseph Kosinski it serves as an advertisement for the Formula 1. It could be that the success of the Barbie movie had been the catalyst for creation of brand movies. The Barbie movie did gross 10x its production value. That is a possible reason why high paying sponsors such as Gucci, Rolex and other luxury brands found their way inside the scenes. None were intrusive or obnoxious. The scenes took place in actual F1 racing tracks with actual F1 racers as actors. You had Lewis Hamilton playing Lewis Hamilton and Nico Hülkenberg playing Nico Hülkenberg. Since I have never seen actual F1, I cannot comment anything special about the actors. The protagonist, main roles were for professional actors. Bratt Pitt playing a raunchy, traumatized, but still to his core passionate driver Sonny Hayes. Damson Idris playing Joshua Pearce, a young frenemy of the old-timer, in a sense acting as his mirror. Throughout the movie the parallel between the two racers is brought up. This is the area the movie excels. Joseph Kosinski, being assisted by actual F1 drivers, puts the viewer under the hypnosis of perfectly balanced hypnosis.

The movie begins with a very sharp contrast between the calm waves crashing down on the shore and the adrenaline rush of 300 km/h racing. It is so brilliantly executed, you begin to wonder if it is a contender for Steven Spielberg's mastery of tension. Racing and especially such high speed racing films are very easy to mess up by keeping the tension high for too long. One reason why Star Wars prequels flopped is partially due to action scenes going on for too long. Action hits when there is build up to it. The reason why roller coasters make your heart pound so much is because there is build-up to the fall. There are moments of silence and even boredom. When sensing boredom, the body becomes very sensitive to any stimuli. By carefully controlling boredom so that it leads to suspense, intense racing scenes hits very hard. It is how this movie managed to pull off not 1, not 2, but 3 crash scenes. There were shots of Sonny Hayes and Joshua Pearce running, you get a lot of them. Their task being to calm the viewer down. This exact peace is why adore the film and consider it to be so great.

The story is predictable. It is your average run-off-the-mill underdog success story. APXGP racing team is in the last place, by the end of the movie it tops high. The protagonist is played by Brad Pitt, the director cannot just let him lose and appear not cool. We root for his success, that is the entire premise. It is clear Sonny Hayes and Joshua Pearce are going to be bros by the end. The fact the plot is predictable is what assists in the scenes of intense action. No one came to a film called "F1" expecting a love-story. It is all about the action, the thrill of racing. For the thrill to be impactful, the viewer must find a moment of relief.

Due to ludicrously expensive places the film was shot, the budget of VFX was lowered. Reserving countless amounts of F1 racetracks is going to get expensive very rapidly. There is a reliance of time-tested practical effects. Which is a new territory for the director Joseph Kosinski. The camera movement is rare. When racing there are not many dynamic drone shots. I imagine if Michael Bay were to be the director of this film, he'd have dozens of various shots from fast moving drones. What the movie lacks in camera flow, it makes up in a very dynamic and enjoyable tension.

Sonny Hayes' later movie drama is to get back to a state of tranquility. Of being so concentrated on driving that everything else becomes a mush. It is apparent this part was influenced by F1 drivers. With the very well managed tension, when the viewer experiences this tranquility, he feels it. He feels the flow of just driving for fun.

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There is a difference between just boredom and tense boredom. The "tension" you are describing here is called the "climax" which doesn't work without the build-up ( tension, suspense, intrigue ). Only few film-makers can make the build-up feel like a climax ( which is not a bad thing especially in an era of Tik-Tok ), but they still know the difference between the two modes. As Tarantino said about "Taxi Driver" in his book "Cinema Speculation":


Or as Nicolas Winding Refn said in interviews:


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