Thread: Bullitt - 50year anniversary

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I always found Bullitt (other than the chase) to be a terribly boring film. I much prefer the original Vanishing Point.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

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The original! Not the Nick Cage one

What I realty loved about Bullit was that Steve McQueen was a bona fide racer and did his own driving.
It looks real.

I hated the car chases of the eighties and beyond where the cars had buckets of rear brake bias and massive rear anti-roll bars to get the arse out and sliding at extreme angles.

Stuntmen, what were they?
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Originally Posted by Classic88

I always found Bullitt (other than the chase) to be a terribly boring film. I much prefer the original Vanishing Point.

Now you are obviously a man that knows his "car" films.
Yes, the original "Vanishing Point" with Barry Newman (Petrocelli) is an absolute classic, I have the DVD, but I'm a bit of a McQueen freak, so Bullitt rates pretty highly with me too, as does what I call the best motor racing movie of all time,.."Le Mans"....I did say I was a McQueen freak!
We (all of us car nuts!) all went to see Vanishing Point when it was first released, it was a serious topic of our conversation,...still is!!
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Now you are obviously a man that knows his "car" films.
Yes, the original "Vanishing Point" with Barry Newman (Petrocelli) is an absolute classic, I have the DVD, but I'm a bit of a McQueen freak, so Bullitt rates pretty highly with me too, as does what I call the best motor racing movie of all time,.."Le Mans"....I did say I was a McQueen freak!
We (all of us car nuts!) all went to see Vanishing Point when it was first released, it was a serious topic of our conversation,...still is!!
Pickles.

I am but I tend to have to watch them on my own as the missus isn't the least bit interested. I rate Two Lane Blacktop and American Grafitti very highly as well and enjoy the more 'for laughs' ones like Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit. Blues Brothers is far better for the incredible musical cameos (like Aretha Franklin as the cafe owner) than the car chase.

I am generally more impressed by car chases that use camera techniques, editing and such things to get a spectacular effect rather than just writing off a lot of cars or using a lot of CGI. After all, with CGI, anything is possible.

I believe that "Bullitt" only destroyed one Mustang.