The High Life - A Year In The Life Of Robert Millar [DVD]

Robert Millar was a hero to many of us who grew up with cycling in the eighties and nineties, perhaps my greatest memory being his heroic but ultimately doomed attempt to win the 1993 Tour de France stage over the monstrous Col de la Bonette (It is an absolute brute I can say from bitter experience) ending at Isola. He was a pure climber up there with the greats like Spain’s Federico Bahamontes and Luxembourg’s Charly Gaul. Millar’s battles with rivals like Luis Herrera and Pedro Delgado for the ‘King of the Mountains’ jersey are the stuff of cycling legend. Who knows what heights he could have soared to with the backing of a Sky team? He was certainly deserving of a documentary, and apart from this one and a few grainy clips on you tube of his exploits, that is about all you are going to get.This is an unflinching glimpse into the cutthroat world of professional cycling in the mid-eighties where loyalty seemed to count for little and where success mattered. Miller in his famously terse uncompromising style gives vent to his thoughts and frustrations within the narrow world he inhabits. He was never one who was frightened of ruffling a few feathers! That said there is always a hint of that edgy humour laced with cynicism that often surfaced so disarmingly for some. Always a private person he now seems to have rowed over the edge of the world never to return, the odd well written cycling column aside. Richard Moore’s well researched book “In Search of Robert Millar”, sheds some more light on an interesting man. Not exactly cyclings forgotten man because so many of us remember him taking flight on those high mountain roads, but do we get closer to knowing Millar through this documentary and Moore’s book? Perhaps not, and does it really matter? Perhaps not! Time can’t yet erase the memories of a young Glaswegian powering his bike up impossible gradients at impossible speeds. What matters to me is that this film brings back happy memories. Thanks Robert wherever you may be!

I'd have to agree with a previous review, it is overpriced for what you get. It was good to watch Millar in his prime and hear a little of what he thought but once you've watched it, that's it! Around £15 for something you'll probably only watch once seems a little expensive.

Thought it was over priced for the amount of content but there is not much out there regarding Robert Millar so I guess it's one for the fans only.

Great dvd ,6

Robert Millar a great scotsman.

I had seen this film twice..always liked,but didn't own my own copy..now I do...it is one of my favourite DVD,s... Very special to me..

The documentary iss interesting if you're a Robert Miller fan but not worth the money. The extras are very poor. Video of someone reading their book with cutaways to the pages of the book, a slide show of photographs. I've seen better home videos.