Guy Martin's Spitfire vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Guy Martin's Spitfire). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 12m. Guy Martin's Spitfire is the older of the two (2014 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Guy Martin's Spitfire posterGuy Martin's Spitfire2014 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
Guy Martin's SpitfireOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 10.0/10
Year20142024
Length1h 12m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorJames WoodroffeXandra Popescu
Main castGuy MartinGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

Guy Martin's Spitfire

Guy Martin joins the two-year restoration of a Spitfire that was buried in a French beach for decades, and tells the Boy's Own-style story of its pilot, Squadron Leader Geoffrey Stephenson

On the Impossibility of an Homage

Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.

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