Why the “last generation” would have to chain themselves in front of cinemas
Where is the nearest gas station: Steve McQueen in “Bulllitt” drives a Ford Mustang
Quelle: Courtesy Everett Collection/picture alliance
Cars don’t have a good reputation right now. It is therefore far from being possible to imagine screens without them. But which brand had the most appearances? This is now revealed by a statistic – and also which flop on the asphalt enjoys the greatest cult status.
EA little warning in advance. The “Last Generation” will throw themselves in front of this column and stick to the paper to keep them from moving. It is completely uncritical of motor vehicles. Especially from those that run on fossil fuels, smell weird as they drive by and make a hell of a racket. From cars.
From cars that appear in films. And they appear in almost every film whose story takes place in the period since the turn of the last century. Which has not insignificantly contributed to – to use the vocabulary of the woken average environmentalist – the lasting fetishization of CO2 slingshots.
That’s why there aren’t just wonderful jobs like the auto scout, who makes sure to find species-appropriate and presentable vehicles that, for example, brought Heydrich to the Wannsee Conference on television or rolled up and down the Ku’damm in 1956 with Claudia Michelsen. As with everything in life, there are also statistics and surveys.
You can learn a lot from them (carwow, an online car sales platform, has just published a list). For example, which movie car was the most expensive car ever auctioned – the Ferrari G250 GT California Spyder from Vittorio de Sica’s “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” ($17.1 million).
No back to the future
Which is the brand with the most film appearances – Ford (10,363) by a significant margin ahead of Chevrolet and Mercedes. Which car is the one with the greatest cult status – the DeLorean from “Back to the Future”, which failed terrifically in real car life.
Apart from the fact that neither Aston Martin nor VW Beetle appear in the latter list, which makes them rather ridiculous, there is still a lot missing: Which film is the one with the most fender bender (something with “Lethal Weapon” maybe), which is the one with the greatest fuel consumption ( “Fast and Furious” presumably).
The last generation probably already collects the material in preparation for viral bans and actions. So if you see human chains in front of and around cinemas anytime soon, you’ll know.