Luca and 100 Years of Movie Race Scenes

In order to understand Luca's best scene, we need to talk about the 100-year-old silent film that started it all: Ben-Hur. Here's how Pixar was inspired by silent cinema.

Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Three Lessons Learned from Ben-Hur
03:38 - Luca Context
04:35 - Scene Breakdown: Luca's Race
06:27 - Conclusion
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Written, recorded, and edited by Queline Meadows (kikikrazed)
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FOOTAGE:
Intro and Outro Footage (eye and animated explosion) is taken from "Atomic Alert Vol. 1" via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/AtomicAle... which is in the public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdom...
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Film/video clips used (in order of first appearance):
Making of Luca (2021)
Luca (2021)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Speed Racer (2008)
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)
Ben Hur (2003) - not 2013, oops!
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MUSIC (in order of first appearance):
♬ Makzo - Seascape https://chll.to/55a6b92f
♬ goosetaf - Clouded Thoughts https://chll.to/384748d6
♬ illiterate - And Forever https://chll.to/09c7c0d8
♬ Philanthrope, mommy - Burgundy https://chll.to/b19dfdff
♬ Dan Romer - This Isn't Any Old Race (Luca Soundtrack)
♬ chromonicci - Oceania https://chll.to/e0abf606
♬ Blue Wednesday, juniorodeo - Seafoam https://chll.to/ab30e082

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