
Speed Racer
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski / US, AU, DE, 2008 / 135 min.
Megalomaniac multinational conglomerates rule the roost in the hyper-energetic Speed Racer, in which deadly car races entertain the populace. Back in 2008, the world simply wasn’t yet ready for this family film from the Wachowskis. Now, the candy coloured fever dream is a thrilling joyride.

Speed Racer, a live-action adaptation of the anime about an 18-year-old racing driver, flopped at the box office. But now this family film with Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman is a cult classic, which according to its fans was simply misunderstood at the time.
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Director
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Production year
2008
Country
US, AU, DE
Original title
Speed Racer
Length
135 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Feat or Failure
Magnum opus or flawed masterpiece? No film divided opinion at the last Cannes film festival as much as Francis Ford Coppola's latest epic, Megalopolis. To accompany the première, Eye is screening a selection of other films that turned out to be way ahead of their time – in spite of not being well understood in their own era.



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