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yes!!! it's not even an astro!!
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whole other post to be written about the cars in the first 1/2 of obaa--the taurus, the olds wagon, plus smith's '68 mustang (same year as bullitt's), gorgeous and certainly the only pantheon Classic--pta lingers on it, and having smith change it to a swagless 2013 for the chase is a cool choice
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I will have to disagree, Max! Those cars are wonderful but the best one was the 1968 Shelby GT 500. I almost had to support the Christmas Adventurer’s Club. As a Detroiter, I clutched my chest when it came on screen. It was so pretty.
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This is a really fun and fascinating piece that digs into a reall interesting part of the movie! It got me thinking about other things the vehicle choices communicate. Great piece!
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today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
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what’s something I can tie my emotional wellbeing to besides the New York yankees
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Adding my voice to the chorus of praise for this Max Read piece on the cars in OBAA. I clocked the visual references in the car chase scene to Sugarland Express, Duel, and Two-lane Blacktop, but missed the more direct connection to Bullitt. Good good stuff.
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today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
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based on the free press sale price read max is worth between $2m and $6m. open to interested buyers
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genuinely think OBAA is the best major-studio car movie in years maxread.substack.com/p/the-oscar-...
One Battle After Another is a political thriller, an action movie, and a family melodrama. It is also, unexpectedly but importantly, a car movie. By this I mean, on the simplest level, that it is a great movie through which to Remember Some Cars. I was thrilled, for example, at the sudden appearance of a 2005 Toyota Yaris1, driven by Willa Ferguson’s friends to pick her up for the dance:

But obviously the car choices in O.B.A.A. are meaningful beyond the simple pleasure of seeing semi-forgotten, enjoyably non-iconic cars like the XP90 Yaris or the tenth-generation T-Bird on-screen. Unlike most major-studio Hollywood movies, where the budgetary relief promised by automotive product placement generally results in prominently displayed late-model carslop, the cars in O.B.A.A. are deliberately chosen, specific and textually rich, vehicles (no pun intended) for characterization, texture, and meaning. A 20-year-old beater hatchback packed full of teenagers is, of course, precisely the car in which Willa should get picked up. But more than that, the subcompact Yaris, a car notoriously popular everywhere in the world except the U.S., where its size makes it a harder sell, stands in distinct contrast to the shiny Ford F-250 we see Captain Stephen Lockjaw driving--by himself--toward the end of the first act.
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this is so good and now I need to go back and watch the final chase again
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today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
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A+ blog
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today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
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Hah, yes, I suspect so but still I think making smiths chase car the last Carroll shelby mustang was a nice touch!
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The one that smith drives up to the Xmas avengers house, right? Thought it was fascinating that he started with a classic and ended up in a 2013–pretty sure they were close to the same color. Don’t have a bead on what it means really but was interesting
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This is such a good write-up, it really opened up some of the things being messaged in the car chase I didn’t quite have the information to understand.

The shot described with the three cars is also one of my favorites in OBAA.
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today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
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today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
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yeah, a commenter agrees--5th-gen hilux (88-95)
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great reply. this is what replies on this website should be
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The fastest I’ve EVER driven was in a 1990 Ford Thunderbird Supercoupe, windows down, radio at “40”, U2 on the radio, in 4th gear and the needle BURIED at 140 MPH with MUCH more to give me!

I got a ticket later that same night on the same road for 84 MPH in a 55 zone — while coasting in Neutral.
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I saw the movie last night and I’ve been thinking about this Nissan ever since
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today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
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the group chat is thinking '80s toyota but remains inconclusive
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genuinely think OBAA is the best major-studio car movie in years maxread.substack.com/p/the-oscar-...
One Battle After Another is a political thriller, an action movie, and a family melodrama. It is also, unexpectedly but importantly, a car movie. By this I mean, on the simplest level, that it is a great movie through which to Remember Some Cars. I was thrilled, for example, at the sudden appearance of a 2005 Toyota Yaris1, driven by Willa Ferguson’s friends to pick her up for the dance:

But obviously the car choices in O.B.A.A. are meaningful beyond the simple pleasure of seeing semi-forgotten, enjoyably non-iconic cars like the XP90 Yaris or the tenth-generation T-Bird on-screen. Unlike most major-studio Hollywood movies, where the budgetary relief promised by automotive product placement generally results in prominently displayed late-model carslop, the cars in O.B.A.A. are deliberately chosen, specific and textually rich, vehicles (no pun intended) for characterization, texture, and meaning. A 20-year-old beater hatchback packed full of teenagers is, of course, precisely the car in which Willa should get picked up. But more than that, the subcompact Yaris, a car notoriously popular everywhere in the world except the U.S., where its size makes it a harder sell, stands in distinct contrast to the shiny Ford F-250 we see Captain Stephen Lockjaw driving--by himself--toward the end of the first act.
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today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
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Wonder if there are any opinions about gifted and talented programs on the Validation Sites For The Hyperverbal And Easily Distracted