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All Hallows' Leask (Hallowle'ask) @leask.bsky.social · 1h

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!

Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

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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Del Winters @absolutereality.blog · 4d

You’re hearing it more and more

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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.

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Max Read @maxread.info · Jul 3

what’s something I can tie my emotional wellbeing to besides the New York yankees

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Odd Hack @oddhack.bsky.social · 2d

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.

Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

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

maxread.substack.com

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Max Read @maxread.info · 2d

based on the free press sale price read max is worth between $2m and $6m. open to interested buyers

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Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

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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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 5d

so glad someone's writing about the most important character in One Battle After Another: Bob's purple 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R maxread.substack.com/p/the-oscar-...

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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Cross-laminated & Skinned her 👻 🦇 🎃 @nickhasthoughts.com · 3d

this is so good and now I need to go back and watch the final chase again

Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

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

maxread.substack.com

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 3d

A+ blog

Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

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

maxread.substack.com

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Max Read @maxread.info · 3d

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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Max Read @maxread.info · 3d

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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Del Winters @absolutereality.blog · 4d

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.

Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

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

maxread.substack.com

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Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

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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Max Read @maxread.info · 4d

yeah, a commenter agrees--5th-gen hilux (88-95)

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Max Read @maxread.info · 4d

hell yes lance. you can still pick up those tbird supercoupes for not much!! bringatrailer.com/search/?s=th...

Search for "thunderbird super coupe"

Bring a Trailer Auctions is the best place to buy and sell vintage and classic vehicles - Porsche, BMW, Land Rover, and more.

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Max Read @maxread.info · 4d

great reply. this is what replies on this website should be

@LanceASchart @lanceaschart.bsky.social · 4d

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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Adam (glad to be here) @apeltapauls.bsky.social · 5d

I saw the movie last night and I’ve been thinking about this Nissan ever since

Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

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

maxread.substack.com

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Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

the group chat is thinking '80s toyota but remains inconclusive

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Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

genuinely think OBAA is the best major-studio car movie in years maxread.substack.com/p/the-oscar-...

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Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

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

maxread.substack.com

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Max Read @maxread.info · 5d

Wonder if there are any opinions about gifted and talented programs on the Validation Sites For The Hyperverbal And Easily Distracted

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Max Read @maxread.info · 6d

genuinely its really funny that the "online american catholic" position is that the pope is wrong about the bible and the "online american secular" position is that the pope is always right about the bible

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Max Read @maxread.info · 6d

me in 1517

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 6d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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