"The resulting 24-minute film shows us, in one unedited shot, the footage McQueen created that day, providing a glimpse of the interiors of what is now essentially a pyre."
The car chase in Bullitt set the standard for all modern car chases, partly because of the characters, but also because of their highly iconic cars.
It's strange to discover that "Blitz" is the most anonymous movie that Steve McQueen has made thus far, as this pseudo-Dickensian epic - the story of a half-Grenadian boy's quest to reunite with his guilt-ridden single mother (Saoirse Ronan) after she evacuates him out of London in the fall of 1940 - would appear to be an ideal showcase for his singular vision as a filmmaker.