His mistake was coming to Hollywood. Europe would have appreciated him more, as with Jean Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Jean Louis Trintignant, and others.
RIP Antonio. You looked the part for sure. Lorenzo comes to mind. Yes Bas, a great excuse to watch Grand Prix again. Like Le Mans it is oft criticised by those who don’t know what we know. It’s the on track/in the pits racing related footage, not the off track plot, that matters. There is a the scene at Spa where a a team manager looks at his stop watch as the sky darkens. A rain drop falls on to the watch face, then another...... That is pure cinema.
You don't drink, you don't smoke, you don't dance...what do you do? In Grand Prix they boat in a small lake during the French Grand Prix week build up at Charade...that is just 80 kilometers south west of me, every time I have visited there I thought of the film and what a wonderful depiction it was of F1 back then...and he had a great impact on it. Two of them Nino? They are very small! RIP Signore...
"I used to think nothing could be better than motorbike racing. Three times I am a World Champion on my motorbike. I am happy. Then I go into one of these, these cars: you sit in a box, a coffin, gasoline all around you. It is like being inside a bomb! Crazy, but of course the cars are faster, and that is the most important thing."
Nino Barlini: [With a Japanese maiden on each arm] Hey, sayonara! Scott Stoddard: My goodness, Nino, I thought they belonged to the Yamura boys. Nino Barlini: I have them on temporary loan. Pat Stoddard: Really, two of them? Nino Barlini: They are very small. See you later, maybe!
