How to Craft the Perfect Car Chase

A video essay examining the construction and execution of the car chase sequence and a tribute to the best car chases throughout cinema history.

This video essay includes footage from The Seven-Ups, Vanishing Point, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Shadows in an Empty Room, Bullitt, Gone in 60 Seconds, Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Fury Road, The Bourne Supremacy, Quantum of Solace, Furious 7, The Blues Brothers, Short Time, Smokey and the Bandit, To Live and Die in LA, A Good Day to Die Hard, The French Connection, Ronin, Death Proof, Hardcore Henry, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, John Wick Chapter 2, John Wick Chapter 3, The Villainess, The Raid 2, Legend of the Drunken Master, Flash Point, Escape From LA, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Driver, Drive, Sherlock Jr., The Italian Job, Hard Target, The Hidden, Hooper, Project A, Police Story, Armour of God AKA Operation Condor II, Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2, Paper Moon, Baby Driver, The Matrix Reloaded, Duel, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Operation Avalanche, The Master Touch, Ong Bak, and The Way of the Gun.