If I think about perfection, I have no doubt that, for me, it consists of being inside a classic convertible on a summer night watching a movie – one of those that you have seen a hundred times, but that the end continues to excite you – in a drive-in movie theater .
Living the passion of the motor through the cinema has been a true factory of unforgettable moments permanently positioned in the minds of thousands of spectators. There are examples of all kinds and color: Oches c flying, talking, sailing and we even carried the past were participants of screenplays that today have become essential to have a complete perception of the history of cinema .
It is impossible to think of gangster movies without imagining scenes of cars dodging bullets through the streets of New York or Chicago . And how can we forget the romantic moments that the convertibles of the 1950s and 1960s brought to both sides of the pond?
The car has been able to be in all genres of cinema demanding a well-deserved leading role .
And beyond the passion, let’s not forget the film industry’s ability to convert original pieces that participated in the films into collectibles suitable for very few pockets, making it very difficult, if not impossible, to find those same models that were manufactured as standard.
It is not easy to find a DB5 like the one that appeared in Goldfinger driven by Sean Connery or the famous Ferrari Testarossa from the famous eighties ” Miami Corruption ” series.
Search for anecdotes in this relationship so well avenue would give us for several articles . Let me name one that happened in Pretty Woman when looking for the sports car that would suit the scenes of the young millionaire: well-known brands of super sports cars were unmarked because the script was related to prostitution. Lotus was not disgusted with it and bet on the Esprit , a model that multiplied its sales by three.
And finally, the car in the cinema has also left us funny moments: not long ago I was enjoying the movie Notting Hills for the twentieth time. Hugh Grant looks at the photo of Julia Roberts captured on the typical London bus and ends the scene by passing before his eyes a first generation red Seat Ibiza. In addition to being comforting because of the patriotic aspect , a very nice photograph.
It won’t take me long to tell you about my trip to Los Angeles with Seat and that we were doing two Spaniards on American soil .
But that will be another story …
