![]() As filmmaker Jack Hill explains in bonus features, this allowed him to build scenes around the crashes and other exciting moments he’d already captured on film - in particular the dangerous sport of figure-eight racing, which he knew nothing about before the weekend shoots. This fascinating ultra-low-budget black-and-white hot-rod drama is a lot of fun, getting a major boost from footage of actual stock car races shot over several weekends before the film went into production with the actors. “Pit Stop” (aka “The Winner,” Arrow/Blu-ray/DVD, 1969, b/w, not rated, two discs, audio commentary, featurettes, trailer). Some terrific older movies are upgraded to Blu-ray this week, some of them in widescreen editions for the first time.
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