Movie Grid on Instagram: "In The French Connection (1971), the legendary car chase was shot largely without permits, meaning many of the cars and pedestrians on screen had no idea a movie was being filmed. Director William Friedkin mounted the camera to a real vehicle and drove through actual Brooklyn streets, running red lights, narrowly missing civilians, and crashing into oncoming traffic. Gene Hackman’s frantic reactions were often genuine because the danger was real. The result is one of th