If David Baker could put out a 600’ foot With the entire car chase I would order it immediately
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It's a great idea to bring out one of David's 'specials' for such an iconic film! But as I think it would be difficult to produce a 30min edit that would give a true understanding of the whole film - how about 30mins covering the 3 different chases that take place during the film?
Three chases I hear you say 🤔 - well yes!!
Firstly - the chase for the hitman inside the hospital...
Secondly - the car chase...
Thirdly - the chase for 'Ross' inside and outside the airport at the end of the film.
Just a suggestion 🙂
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The nice thing about the car chase segment is that it is entertaining even if you have never seen the full movie, and it could be put on a 200 ft reel.
Then there is the car chase. The mutha of all car chases. Younger viewers may not get what all the fuss is about, but action like this just wasn't seen on the screen in 1968, even in Bond pictures. There is still an elegant craftsmanship -- an exquisite timing -- to the sequence that blows away all the fast-cut MTV editing and silly, CG imagery that has transformed today's action movies into cartoons. This is real bodies in real motion, and the danger is palpable. The complexity of the scene remains astounding, both as a physical achievement and as a structural one -- the construction of the shots to create speed, tempo and suspense has few rivals in the history of cinema. 'Bullitt' may not be about very much -- and without McQueen it would have been nothing at all -- but in only a few short minutes, it revolutionized the look, feel and style of modern motion pictures.
As long as we are dreaming, wouldn't be fun to see the Bullitt car chase in 3D?
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