Pontiac · 1971
LeMans
Brown · Four-door saloon
The great picture cars of cinema tend towards the exceptional. The 1971 Pontiac LeMans that Detective Doyle commandeers from a private citizen outside a Brooklyn subway station is simply ordinary. A brown family saloon, visually anonymous beside the Aston Martins, Mustangs and racing prototypes that usually define great screen cars. No gadgets. No supercharged engine. No previous cinematic associations to borrow meaning from. That choice is central to everything the sequence achieves.
On screen
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