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FWIG in OTL, the modern car chase came with Bullitt in 1968; so how much earlier could we have seen a scene like this in film, preferably still American film?
What is the most important thing to come first -- a particular type of car suited for the scene? Or is it a photography technique? Or is it an American audience receptive to such an intense aesthetic? Or is it something else?