Right here at Jalopnik we have quite a bit of opinions about the use of automobiles in cinema, most of them unimpeachable. As automobile fans our eyes are all the time a bit of bit extra vigilant than the common moviegoer when a two- or four-wheeled car hits the display. We sit up and listen, as a result of we care about how a automobile matches a personality and the way the automobile is used within the film. We’re extra more likely to discover that the Weyland Yutani Company makes use of Sherp UTVs in “Alien: Romulus,” for instance. As we speak’s Jalop-to-Jalop film-used automobile criticism got here within the type of Oz Perkins’ 2024 Nicolas Cage car “Longlegs” and the 1966 Chevrolet Caprice Customized Wagon with attractive wooden paneling he drives within the movie. As identified by my colleague Rob Emslie, Cage is sitting behind the wheel of the automobile screaming as he meanders down the highway, however sadly no person on the manufacturing ever shifted the automobile out of park.
Clearly we all know that Cage is not really driving the automobile for this shot, they’re both taking pictures the scene static in a studio and including within the background movement, or the automobile is mounted on a flatbed hauler whereas it drives with the shoot crew pointing their digital camera in by way of the passenger window. In both case, the automobile is not on, the wheels aren’t turning, and the automobile is not transferring beneath its personal energy. Most individuals would in all probability by no means discover such a factor, however we do, as a result of we’re nerds.
A lot of automobile film snafus
This acquired us enthusiastic about the little particulars in films that drive us automobile of us nuts. Possibly you hate the variety of occasions drivers shift within the Quick & Livid franchise, the Dodge Charger shedding greater than 4 hubcaps within the “Bullitt” chase scene, or the open wheel race automobile choosing up quarters with its tires in “Pushed.” There are millions of nice choices on the market from the annals of movie historical past, however that is your likelihood to inform us concerning the one that basically bothers you. What reveals up in your display and causes you to have a minor automobile fanatic freak out? Pontificate within the feedback beneath along with your favourite horrible automobile scene in cinema historical past. Bonus factors if you could find a YouTube clip of the scene so everyone knows what you are speaking about. The extra obscure the higher, naturally.
