people talk about the car chase, which admittedly is great, but for me this is by far the best sequence in the film, the cat and mouse game on the street and then ducking in and out of the subway, it's so much fun
Yup, it's a masterwork of writing, acting, sound editing AND choreography. Great stuff. For me though, the biggest jolt in the flick is when Popeye is almost shot outside his apt building. First time I watched this one, that really made me jump, didn't see it coming at all!
I was always so fascinated by that gourmet and fancy looking subway station snackstand Haha. The snacks and treats there looked so good! Shame that New York City no longer has these snackstands in their subway stations anymore, hell, not even newsstands nowadays.
The French Connection, a masterpiece of a crime drama as well as an action movie. The 1960s/1970s gave us so many great crime drama-action movies: .Point Blank (1967) w/ Lee Marvin .Bullitt (1968) w/ Steve McQueen .The French Connection (1971) w/ Gene Hackman .Dirty Harry (1971) w/ Clint Eastwood .Get Carter (1971) w/ Michael Caine .Death Wish (1974) w/ Charles Bronson To name a few.
Just learned that Friedkin and his DP didnt' use dolly tracks to get the shot of Popeye first getting on the subway from 3:56 : they had a guy sitting in a wheelchair. When Popeye first enters the car the camera shakes because the operator had to get up out of the chair and follow Hackman. Damn, I love this movie!
Absolutely love those scenes. Just a breathtaking, intense sequence of see-me, catch-me. Eventually, Popeye doesn't care when he knows he's been burned. The preceding evening French dinner provided 100% proof to the drug dealer that he was being tailed. So, why not enjoy the meal & dessert while those cops froze...brilliant.
That little snack shack in the subway station looks nicely lit. Would have loved to have gotten a frozen chocolate cone, candy apple or even a custard.
0:47: some of the best music used in the movie. Note how it slowly builds to a crescendo and then it's just cut off when Charnier goes down the stairs in the subway.
Love those city time pieces. I've been on that shuttle hundreds if not thousands of times. I'm always thinking the French Connection. especially walking past the Roosevelt.
R-17 6609 has been preserved in its original maroon paint scheme by the New York Transit Museum - not because it happened to be in this film, but because it once had experimental air conditioning. That subway sequence took two nonconsecutive days to film. You can tell it was shot over two days because the trainsets were swapped out - the car numbers are not the same.
I think you might be mistaken. The first train Frog One and Popeye got on and off was 6671. It was tge first/last car (depending on which direction it was going). It and the rest of the train pulled out of the station, leaving both Frog One and Popeye at the platform consession stand. Then the second train with 6609 as the second car/next to last car pulled in. Frog One and Popeye got on and off and on, with Popeye finally being left on the platform with Frog One waving "toodle-loo". 😂 I didn't find any inconsistency in the number plates regarding the large rectangular ones with white numbers.
@@arrow1414 6671 was the first/last car of the trainset at the start of that sequence. 6609 was the second car of the train that Charnier gives Popeye the slip. You have to look quickly or freeze the frame, but the car coupled to 6609 is 6548.
A cultured Drug dealer, so 😎 Cool if he was any more relaxed, he'd be comatose❤️A Cop wound up so tight he could explode. It's always a pleasure to watch their slow-motion collision❤️
Always been curious about what Popeye (Hackman) does at 4:28 when he steps off train and pulls the young woman off with him. Was that scripted? What was he saying to her? The woman didn't seem bothered about missing the train. Looks like that might have been something that Hackman did spontaneously.
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people talk about the car chase, which admittedly is great, but for me this is by far the best sequence in the film, the cat and mouse game on the street and then ducking in and out of the subway, it's so much fun
Yup, it's a masterwork of writing, acting, sound editing AND choreography. Great stuff. For me though, the biggest jolt in the flick is when Popeye is almost shot outside his apt building. First time I watched this one, that really made me jump, didn't see it coming at all!
The perp was a lousy sniper. If he had been, there would have been no story.
It truly is
Agreed. This is one of my favorite scenes in all of cinema from a film that contains not one but at least two great chase scenes.
One of the greatest scenes in cinema. What have we got now? Aquaman.
Great sequence, especially with Don Ellis’ wonderful soundtrack.
I was always so fascinated by that gourmet and fancy looking subway station snackstand Haha. The snacks and treats there looked so good!
Shame that New York City no longer has these snackstands in their subway stations anymore, hell, not even newsstands nowadays.
The French Connection, a masterpiece of a crime drama as well as an action movie. The 1960s/1970s gave us so many great crime drama-action movies:
.Point Blank (1967) w/ Lee Marvin
.Bullitt (1968) w/ Steve McQueen
.The French Connection (1971) w/ Gene Hackman
.Dirty Harry (1971) w/ Clint Eastwood
.Get Carter (1971) w/ Michael Caine
.Death Wish (1974) w/ Charles Bronson
To name a few.
Sixties and seventies were epic epic movie decades.
You forgot 'The Seven Ups'...
Violent City (1970)
The entire cast is excellent, I don't think Fernando Rey gets enough credit for his excellent acting. He's so cool and collected.
Just learned that Friedkin and his DP didnt' use dolly tracks to get the shot of Popeye first getting on the subway from 3:56 : they had a guy sitting in a wheelchair. When Popeye first enters the car the camera shakes because the operator had to get up out of the chair and follow Hackman. Damn, I love this movie!
I like Hackman's little look back at 4:00 to make sure the faux blockade gave enough time for the camera to get up and follow.
Absolutely love those scenes. Just a breathtaking, intense sequence of see-me, catch-me. Eventually, Popeye doesn't care when he knows he's been burned. The preceding evening French dinner provided 100% proof to the drug dealer that he was being tailed. So, why not enjoy the meal & dessert while those cops froze...brilliant.
That little snack shack in the subway station looks nicely lit. Would have loved to have gotten a frozen chocolate cone, candy apple or even a custard.
Roy Scheider was a good man a great actor from the 2 movies Jaws and Jaws 2 i love that actor and we will remember him
Loved him the most in 'Last Embrace'. Been a fan of his ever since.
Fernando Rey realizo una actuación magistral en está película.
Lol
I can still smell that concession stand in the station, even though it’s long gone
It might sound crazy but this foot pursuit was just as suspenseful to me as the car chase
Yer not crazy. I agree 100%. Would you like to come see my crawlspace?
0:47: some of the best music used in the movie. Note how it slowly builds to a crescendo and then it's just cut off when Charnier goes down the stairs in the subway.
I thought it was pretty rough.
Rey played Charnier so cool I was glad he escaped back to Marseille.
Yeah,,,at the end if the movie they said he was never caught..and is believed to be living in France !
I wasn't glad he escaped.
Love those city time pieces. I've been on that shuttle hundreds if not thousands of times. I'm always thinking the French Connection. especially walking past the Roosevelt.
R-17 6609 has been preserved in its original maroon paint scheme by the New York Transit Museum - not because it happened to be in this film, but because it once had experimental air conditioning. That subway sequence took two nonconsecutive days to film. You can tell it was shot over two days because the trainsets were swapped out - the car numbers are not the same.
I think you might be mistaken. The first train Frog One and Popeye got on and off was 6671. It was tge first/last car (depending on which direction it was going). It and the rest of the train pulled out of the station, leaving both Frog One and Popeye at the platform consession stand. Then the second train with 6609 as the second car/next to last car pulled in. Frog One and Popeye got on and off and on, with Popeye finally being left on the platform with Frog One waving "toodle-loo". 😂 I didn't find any inconsistency in the number plates regarding the large rectangular ones with white numbers.
@@arrow1414 6671 was the first/last car of the trainset at the start of that sequence. 6609 was the second car of the train that Charnier gives Popeye the slip. You have to look quickly or freeze the frame, but the car coupled to 6609 is 6548.
AHHHH That candy apple looked sooo good..
I thought it looked horrible, to be honest.
And where was his grape drink?
6:39 will forever be the best😂😂👏🏾👏🏾🤣🤣
Fantastic film,one of my favourites
When it comes to cinema villans, frog 1 is indeed no 1.
Popeye got played. Lol. I know I'm not supposed to root for a drug smuggler, but that was pretty slick of frog one.
Let me get a grape drink!
Would you settle for a candy apple instead?
"YOU BELONG OUT THERE IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT"
Funny looking grape drink
A classic chase scene, the stuff of nightmares! 👮🎥👍
Great content!
I just interviewed legendary French Connection detective Randy Jurgensen on my podcast.
I miss the days of 25 cent frozen chocolate cones and ten cent bags of chips
Been to that train stop many times
A cultured Drug dealer, so 😎 Cool if he was any more relaxed, he'd be comatose❤️A Cop wound up so tight he could explode. It's always a pleasure to watch their slow-motion collision❤️
Charnier was an elusive bugger.
SO well done!!
My all time favorite movie
Supposedly, in real life, the fact that the French kingpin (Jehan?) waved at Eddie Egan proved in court that he knew he was being tailed.
4:30 I've always thought this was odd.
Doyle practically pulls this girl off the train and she doesn't object.
I wonder what he says to her.
Well spotted. It’s the only flaw in a great sequence…
A better love story than twilight
Nice hats
Fernando Rey acts like a chess player. Very clever!
NYC IN THE 70S SMELLED LIKE URINE!
Now it smells like 💩
@@MuzixMakerlol
Is that your mother we’re talking about? Just asking
is that your mother we’re talking about
Most big cities do.
Don't make them like this anymore. What a film 🙏
How to be suspicious as hellllllll
Yup indeedy! Charnier already had Doyle marked anyway! There's an earlier scene where Doyle says so -- Charnier's such a slick villain.
OMG imagine a young Gene Hackman in today’s woke politically correct world. Me neither the worlds changed.
The good old days when NYC wasn’t a shithole.
6:53😂😂😂😂
Always been curious about what Popeye (Hackman) does at 4:28 when he steps off train and pulls the young woman off with him. Was that scripted? What was he saying to her? The woman didn't seem bothered about missing the train. Looks like that might have been something that Hackman did spontaneously.
例のカーチェイスよりも私はこの地下鉄でのやり取りの方が好きでしたね😂
Does anyone realize that Gene Hackmans boss the police Captain is the REAL Eddie Egan (Popeye Doyle)
6:49 That's a stupid reaction from Doyle.
What's the point in doing that?
where is that hat today
Public ph all they had then 🤣 and the hat 🤣
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Another guid film
Gene hackman is so good
How good is he?
Good enough.