Drew and Travis drive the Mach Five for Speed Racer! It's the 2008 anime adaptation from The Wachowskis, starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman. This is our fourth and final entry in a theme month we're calling Car Trouble: an exploration of the power of the automobile on film! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:33 - Speed Racer (2008) 00:46:11 - The Shelf 00:56:33 - Calls to Action 00:57:05 - Currently Consuming 01:14:45 - End SHOW LINKS <a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/ultraviolet/">Ultraviolet</a> <a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/redline/">Redline</a> <a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/deep-water-2026/">Deep Water (2026)</a> <a href= "https://letterboxd.com/genrevision/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">GenreVision on Letterboxd</a> <a href= "https://letterboxd.com/drewdietsch/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd</a> <a href= "https://letterboxd.com/thetravisnewton/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Travis Newton on Letterboxd</a> <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/genrevision.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">GenreVision on Bluesky</a> <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/drewdietsch.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Dietsch on Bluesky</a>

<description>&lt;div id="block-2be6a49597472476a523" class= "sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css= "["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/9c22d901-38c8-4114-8f83-60635e9b5807_701/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts= "["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/9c22d901-38c8-4114-8f83-60635e9b5807_701/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name= "website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="2be6a49597472476a523"&gt; &lt;div class="sqs-block-content"&gt; &lt;div class="sqs-text-block-container"&gt; &lt;div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content=""&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;Drew and Travis drive the Mach Five for &lt;em&gt;Speed Racer&lt;/em&gt;! It's the 2008 anime adaptation from The Wachowskis, starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman. This is our fourth and final entry in a theme month we're calling Car Trouble: an exploration of the power of the automobile on film!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="block-218b2e6ef82ae4512d3c" class= "sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css= "["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/9c22d901-38c8-4114-8f83-60635e9b5807_701/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts= "["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/9c22d901-38c8-4114-8f83-60635e9b5807_701/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name= "website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="218b2e6ef82ae4512d3c"&gt; &lt;div class="sqs-block-content"&gt; &lt;div class="sqs-text-block-container"&gt; &lt;div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content=""&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;TIMESTAMPS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;00:00:00 - Intro&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;00:01:33 - &lt;em&gt;Speed Racer&lt;/em&gt; (2008)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;00:46:11 - The Shelf&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;00:56:33 - Calls to Action&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;00:57:05 - Currently Consuming&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;01:14:45 - End&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOW LINKS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/ultraviolet/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ultraviolet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/redline/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Redline&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/deep-water-2026/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Deep Water&lt;/em&gt; (2026)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://letterboxd.com/genrevision/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;GenreVision on Letterboxd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://letterboxd.com/drewdietsch/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://letterboxd.com/thetravisnewton/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Travis Newton on Letterboxd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/genrevision.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;GenreVision on Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/drewdietsch.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Drew Dietsch on Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

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SPEED RACER (2008)

SPEED RACER (2008)

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