The Last Great Car-Chase Film Isn't Fast or Furious

The last great car-chase film isn't fast or furious.

An amateur racer in his twenties, the director crossed a Kurtzian line of sanity with his 1966 racing film,, placing art above safety. Franken­heimer shot Graham Hill and other drivers at racing speeds, and several near-fatal wrecks made it into the film. This kind of all-in dedication would have today’s movie audience cringing.is not what solely makes Franken­heimer a hero to car-movie obsessives.

I was taken aback. Sure, there’s a nitrous package, and I suppose you can “shove” an Audi. But an Audi sedan? Really? Why? Probably because it wouldn’t attract attention like Bond’s DB5. There’s an old thieving adage:And what better way to appear legit than drive a car that looks at home in a Mormon temple parking lot?

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