The Thomas Crown Affair

A colleague gave me a list of Steve McQueen movies to watch, and since I vaguely remember seeing the 1999 remake I decided to start with this one. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The editing at the start was amazing. That must've been edited by hand. I loved the story and pacing and the chemistry between Thomas and Vicki. I just can't stand jazz. Im gonna rewatch the remake soon see if it's any good but this got me excited for the next Steve McQueen movie on my list.

This movie has to be on the agenda for every 1960's film study course. You get a little bit of everything. First off, pretty cool heist scene where Thomas Crown acts as the planner and never lets his co-conspirators see his face. Split screen action sequences can be cool and effective but here I felt they were just plain annoying. I loved the casting of Faye Dunaway as Vicki our insurance investigator. You never really could tell if she was being played by Thomas or doing the playing until the final scene. The very sensual chess scene between the two antagonists was well done. Ohh and the soundtrack. Academy Award winner "Windmills of Your Mind". OMG. Enough about that. Give this a watch and enjoy the "King of Cool" as the lovable criminal doing all his own stunts, unheard of today except for Jackie Chan.