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I saw that one in the sixties, and I rent it as BR.
Just an almost perfect film ( One or two scenes abit over long ) what a pleasure to see.
They don´t do films like this any more.
We are unlucky.
" Mieux vaut une tęte bien faite qu'une tęte bien pleine."
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It was great when McQueen told Robert Vaughn "you sent me the wrong man to protect". Chalmers (Vaughn) was such an a'hole.
Vaugh was an axcellent asshole!
Wonderful.
I just loved him!
" Mieux vaut une tęte bien faite qu'une tęte bien pleine."
a PHd. in mathematics, for what that's worth.
Two Lane Blacktop
( Warren Oates, James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird Best cars: 1955 Big block Chev. in American racing grey + Yellow 455 Pontiac GTO )
Vanishing Point ( Barry Newman *great soundtrack* )
The Driver ( Bruce Dern, Ryan O'Neil, Isobel Adjani, best car chase on film, + more than one of 'em The 131 minute *cinematic* version if you can find it )GW
Edits: 12/11/08 12/11/08
Thanks.
Bur is not the best car chase the reputed " French Connection "????
" Mieux vaut une tęte bien faite qu'une tęte bien pleine."
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Baba-Booey to you all!
Yes. Thought the same.
" Mieux vaut une tęte bien faite qu'une tęte bien pleine."
A great film and a standard for the genre. It's almost perfectly directed AND perfectly cast. I cannot imagine anyone else in the Steve McQueen role, except maybe the great Belmondo. I can think of only two American films, "The French Connection" and maybe "The Seven Ups" which are as well done and exciting.
Most of todays cop/action/chase movies owe a great debt to Peter Yates and Steve McQueen. 40 years later, their effort has yet to be topped.
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Yes yes and yes, and no ( Belmondo ) and yes!
" Mieux vaut une tęte bien faite qu'une tęte bien pleine."
during the great car chase scene, as McQueen's mustang went flying over and down the hills of San Francisco, my stomach would physically turn knots, as if I was actually in the car. Watching on TV has never replicated this effect.
The dramatic portion of this film is non consequential but the racing footage is very nice. One of the first and ground breaking aerial helicopter footage films along with the POV, in the Formula 1 racing cars cameras, that were remote controlled. First use of wireless video viewfinders on the cameras. Really must be seen on a big CINERAMA screen! They had to give out barf bags! Ray Hughes
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without an intervening culture." Frank Lloyd Wright
-------------Call it, friendo.
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makes todays standard theater experience seem like a ghetto blaster and 19 inch TV. Or if you live in a rural area, then you're lucky to see it projected with a worn out projector head on a bed sheet. Ray
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without an intervening culture." Frank Lloyd Wright
My Mom and I went to see this in Cinerama, way back when. She got sick and went out to the lobby for a while. This flick began my love w/ F1.
It felt as if my heart was trying to jump out of my body, via my throat. The scenes were well crafted to build tension right through to the final crash and explosions. I must have seen the film-in the theaters, during its initial release-at least 10 times.
Yes. so it is. On tV all is so small...So small...
" Mieux vaut une tęte bien faite qu'une tęte bien pleine."
barf bag handy.
I have one. ( 50 )
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GW
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