Today’s song of the day comes from Lalo Schifrin’s score for 1968’s Bullitt. This piece of music comes from the film’s classic and trendsetting car chase.
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Scenes That I Love: The Airport Showdown From Bullitt
96 years ago today, the English director Peter Yates was born in Aldershot, Hampshire. Yates would go on to direct films in almost every genre but today, he’s perhaps best-remembered for directing what is considered to be one of the first great cop films, 1968’s Bullitt. I already shared the film’s classic car chase film for Steve McQueen’s birthday so today, I’m going to share the airport showdown.
Song of the Day: Main Title Theme From Bullitt by Lalo Schifrin
In honor of the birthday of Steve McQueen, today’s song of the day comes from his 1968 film, Bullitt. Composed Lala Schifrin later went on to do the score for another film about a California detective with his own way of doing things, Dirty Harry.
Scenes That I Love: Steve McQueen in Bullitt
In honor of the birthday of actor Steve McQueen, the true epitome of all things cool, here is the famous and trend-setting chase scene from 168’s Bullitt, featuring McQueen behind the wheel and doing his own stunts on the streets of San Francisco.
Scenes That I Love: The Car Chase From Bullitt
94 years ago today, the English director Peter Yates was born in Aldershot, Hampshire. Yates would go on to direct films in almost every genre but today, he’s perhaps best-remembered for directing what is considered to be one of the best car chases of all time. Today scene that I love comes from Peter Yates’s 1968 film Bullitt and yes, that is Steve McQueen doing his own driving through the streets of San Francisco.
The Elements of Style: Steve McQueen in BULLITT (Warner Brothers 1968)
Steve McQueen was the personification of 60’s screen cool in BULLITT, a stylish action film directed by Peter Yates. It’s the first of producer Philip D’Antoni’s cop trilogy, both of which (THE FRENCH CONNECTION and THE SEVEN-UPS) I’ve previously covered. Unlike those two films, the grittiness of New York City is replaced by the California charm of San Francisco, and the City by the Bay almost becomes a character itself, especially in the groundbreaking ten minute car chase between McQueen’s Mustang and the bad guy’s Dodge Charger.
Style permeates the film from the get-go, with the snappy opening credits montage by Pablo Ferro. Then we get right into the story, as San Francisco detective Frank Bullitt is assigned to guard mob witness John Ross, scheduled to testify before a Senate Subcommitte on crime. Hot shot politician Walt Chalmers wants Bullitt because of his reputation and PR value with the papers. Things go awry when Ross…
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Through the Shattered Lens 