"They don't know what they're doing!"

Annika shouted today's headline as she bounced up and down in her seat and squeezed my hand during *THAT* car chase in the incomparable Steve McQueen classic "Bullitt."
We watched the 1968 film on DVD this morning. The film is an engaging cop thriller on its own merits, with a supporting cast that included Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Duvall and Normal Fell.
But it is *THAT* car chase that people remember. No soundtrack. No words. Just squealing tires (and a squealing Annika) as Bullitt uses a dark-green 1968 Ford Mustang GT-390 to chase a pair of hit men driving a black 1968 Dodge Charger R/T through the hilly streets of San Francisco.
The chase equals pure cinematic exhilaration, and provided a good way for me to celebrate a rare Monday day off from work.