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Runaway Match
Motion pictures and the motor car are almost the same age. Depending on how you tightly you define either of them, Louis Le Prince's Roundhay Garden Scene and Carl Benz' Patent Motor Car are from 1888 and 1886. Their shared history isn't just in parallel development, mass-market appeal, the drive-in, even the move to digital.
In 1903 Alf Collins had a car chase in Runaway Match (aka Marriage By Motor). It has features one would recognise even today, including shots from each of the vehicles to establish the boundaries of the chase. That the two vehicles are chauffeured is a consequence of its age, and the ending contains a surprise that - even after 120 years - is worth preserving.
The Fast And The Furious
It's usually argued that 1968's Bullit is the first modern car-chase movie. The central chase features two iconic cars, the Dodge Charger and McQueen's steed,...
Motion pictures and the motor car are almost the same age. Depending on how you tightly you define either of them, Louis Le Prince's Roundhay Garden Scene and Carl Benz' Patent Motor Car are from 1888 and 1886. Their shared history isn't just in parallel development, mass-market appeal, the drive-in, even the move to digital.
In 1903 Alf Collins had a car chase in Runaway Match (aka Marriage By Motor). It has features one would recognise even today, including shots from each of the vehicles to establish the boundaries of the chase. That the two vehicles are chauffeured is a consequence of its age, and the ending contains a surprise that - even after 120 years - is worth preserving.
The Fast And The Furious
It's usually argued that 1968's Bullit is the first modern car-chase movie. The central chase features two iconic cars, the Dodge Charger and McQueen's steed,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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