[Steve Carlton]

Quentin's observations are excellent, but not original, and his knowledge of cinema is outstanding. He can place actors in perspective. He does make himself a bit of a know-it-all, and I think he is prone to exaggeration, but that's his charm. I like his movies big time.

He's right about Neal McQueen being the key to Steve's success in picking good movies to do. I don't agree about the plot not being clear at all. It's a good story with the fake witness being used to draw the heat and getting killed for it. Bullitt's strategy to find the killers by provoking a second attempt on the (fake) witness' life is clever and original. The chase is so good that it displaces most of the movie by being so memorable. McQueen's minimalism is genius and he clearly had the confidence to know that would be more than enough. A couple of my favorite moments are when he gets ready in the morning and combs his hair with his hands, when he parks his car in one quick shot, and when he buys food by stacking the frozen dinners. Those things are just not important to him. He's focused on more important things and not distracted by anything else. That's the genius of his acting for me.