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.
But Grand Prix is not what solely makes Frankenheimer a hero to car-movie obsessives. There's also 1998's Ronin, an astonishing feat of action filmmaking that stands as the last of the great old-school, no-damned-CGI car-chase movies. Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Sean Bean, and Stellan Skarsgård, Ronin openly embraces all the common tropes of el teatro de acción: spies, heists, a MacGuffin (Google it), the destruction of fruit stands, long-legged honey traps, and a lengthy obituary sheet of faceless bad guys who are by turns shot, mashed, mangled, and launched through guardrails into the bottomless seaside canyons of Côte d'Azur. A few innocent bystanders are offed too.
Before getting to Ronin's two landmark chase scenes, which reset the bar for all chase scenes to follow in cinema (even Fast & Furious fans know their franchise has never touched Ronin's refined insanity), a word about subtlety: Part of what makes this film a masterpiece is that the cars are, well, pretty basic. Think of the Nineties, and think of what your mom might have driven.
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MR. CALIFORNIA
MEET THE MAN WHO PUT THE STATE ON THE MAP AS THE LEADER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST VEHICLE EMISSIONS.
RESIDENT ALIEN
THE CZINGER 21C LOOKS LIKE IT ARRIVED FROM A DISTANT PLANET. INSTEAD, IT COMES FROM CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS KIND OF THE SAME THING.
FUNNY FACE
THE CURIOUS CASE OF CALIFORNIA-DIAL WATCHES.
THE PROBLEM WITH ROBERT WILLIAMS
TOWARD THE END of our third interview, Robert Williams gives me some advice about overcoming creative blocks. “Phrase it as a problem,” he says. “
Quiet Riot
In the Ioniq 5 N, Hyundai makes the case that an EV can tamp down racetrack noise without sacrificing capability.
The Sound and the Fury
A legal feud over booming decibels put California's most historic roadracing circuit in jeopardy.
HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST STUNT DRIVER
CAREY LOFTIN WAS THE KING OF THE SCIENTIFIC WILD-ASS GUESS
OFFLINE
THIS BURBANK BOOKSTORE IS A REPOSITORY FOR THE WORLD OF AUTOMOTIVE INFORMATION NOT ON YOUR PHONE.
THE COURSE OF HISTORY
The West Coast tracks where modern racing was born.
TANK WARFARE
WHAT IF THE WHOLE CAR WERE A GAS TANK?