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   Wednesday, August 28, 2002

NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLITT

Darcy and I stayed up watching Bullitt on CityTV's "Late Great Movies" last night. I oohed and aahed over the location filming in lovely San Francisco, while Darcy thrilled to Steve McQueen's Ford Mustang. And, of course, the car chase that uses both is still one of the most exciting ever filmed.

What really surprised me while seeing this movie again for the first time in at least a decade was the film's humanity. McQueen's cop character is a perfect tough guy -- the classic hard-boiled detective -- but you can see him stopping to check on the people around him in warm little ways and you can tell that he's upset by the violence he both encounters and dishes out. How different from the Schwarzenegger types who coolly march on after a quick, cruel joke at the evil villain's expense. "Bullitt" is that rare action movie that cares about the people in it, making your heart pound in empathy as well as excitement.

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