You summed that up beautifully

Well said

Excactley you've said it all, don't make em like this anymore, or Can't.!

Imo this and the Pierce Brosnan versions are both good. They just didn't ride off together in this one.

Oh those crystal blue eyes. He was and will always be the King of Cool,and one sexy man!!!

@EMS 76 You know thus movie is made in 68..and still memorable for its style and shiny actors

Your dad must have been a very sensitive, perceptive man. You were lucky :-)

Did you notice that in this scene, Vicki Anderson is dressed in black and very little makeup unlike the rest of the movie when she would be dressed in high fashion outfits. Even her personality is subdued. Great job by Faye Dunaway to make her seem vulnerable and sympathetic. She would do it again in "Three Days of the Condor" and then turn right around 180 degrees in "Network".

Crown had reached a point where he decided that blowing himself up in his affair was what had to be done, and he had to run his own self out of town.

Agree completely - see my January 2023 comment above

Great movie its me when it comes to women

+Terry Cobb Sorry about your mom. Although I have never her I am sure she must have been special for liking this movie!

+Terry Cobb my Mum died today 8 years ago, and I love this movie - your Mum had great taste in actors - Steve is the greatest - the thing I love about the movie is the glider when the song is playing - but I reckon Dusty did a better version. You were lucky to have a good Mum - I sure was to have mine!

Steve was a god of bloke films and he rode a bike like it was stolen (the way you should ride). Steve lived it hard and fast - way to go. Your my inspiration Steve - love the way he laughs and laughs after the heist!!!

***** we all gotta go sometime - just party while you can.

McQueen was one of my favorite actors including the movie "Bullit".

Or quite simply Can't.!!

@@richardscally694 It seems so. Sad but true. Have seen both "Affairs". This one is perfect, new one is pathetic.

@@paulusradomski So many films today are just Juvenile Tripe!! celebrated by idiots.

They weren’t dating before

@@gregorytspalding768 Got that load of crap off your chest you must feel a helluva lot better.

@@bill2953 you betcha, buddy boy.

Yes a Sensation. ❤️❤️🇩🇪🤩🤩🙃

Bill....Yes! Yes! Yes! Beautiful ending, beautiful director, perfect sound and music.

He most certainly was, A One Off.

I agree and everything really was on the BIG SCREEN .

100%

Stunning piece of magic

+see noevo Believe it or not, McQueen and Dunaway couldn't stand each other. In the dune buggy sequence, McQueen (who did his own driving scenes; he was an accomplished stunt and race car driver) deliberately went over dunes and at high speeds to scare Faye Dunaway.

@@angelodarden342 your ass

Sand Pebbles or Bullit

The coolest telegram ever sent! He played her beautifully :-)

Nice song

You are a blooming know nothing! The plot makes a lot of sense! The guy is an adventurer. He has a lot of money and he's bored. He craves a major challenge. So, naturally, he creates a challenge to test himself! Go sit down and have 2 seats.

I must have seen it more times than any other film in my collection :-)

I just watched it and fell in Love with it. I keep playing that song "Windmills of your mind", and my life will also never be the same !!!!

Marmar c not just that, michel legrand’s score is to die for, so is the onscreen chemistry between Steve and Faye, the stunning wardrobe for Faye...

That's the name of the ending song "The Crowning Touch".

Damn right she was!

The master escapee.

My sentiments exactly :-)

@@Canon1014XLS Thanks for your reply

It'd be great if someone blogged about this..

U lucky dog.! Getting to see the spot!! That would be awesome!!

This movie is as classic as your comment.

Did you check the dustbin? You know, just in case they forgot a bag?

For years I've thought about doing the same thing, but Boston is a very long way from where I live.

So does it make him a fugitive?

Great Story.

Virginia Stock 6d.

+Andrew Manzi I doubt McQueen had a thing for Dunaway - I think he was good with Natalie Wood.

+Ram Mohan Same here

I thinks that makes movie awesome they show sometimes the bad guy dont get caught

The epitome of cool. There has never been and there will never be a cooler guy ...

@@Canon1014XLS You're right. Rod Serling's from same era and real cool. But Steve Mcqueen,coolest guy ever . Got Bullet, Great Escape out ready to watch tonight . Might have to be a double bill.

She lost it alright, with a capital L!

She was honest. She saved her own soul at the end. He is the LUCIFER of the film. Get it? His whole game with her is "Give up ALL your honesty, morality and reputation if you want to be with me". He wants her to be irredeemable like him. But she isn't, it was all an act with her.

She definitely didn't act "morally" when she kidnapped Irwin's son for ransom, to lure him into confessing.

@@hebneh No she didn't. But that is what makes the end so surprising. We were all expecting her to go criminal for him since she has been shown to be consistently on the edge. But when it matters most, she is honest and moral.

@@kerrytakashi12 Shes a sociopath that got beat by another sociopath in her own game.

Thank you :-)

I know that I really want those Persol Sunglasses he wears and the house that he and Thomas Banacek had at " 85 ,Mount Vernon Street , Beacon Hill, Boston". Yes the house was also used in the Banacek TV series !

The creators of the Banacek TV series copied a number of elements from the Thomas Crown movie

Exactly :-)

No, there was money. There are some quick shots of the second bank robbery just before this scene, so money was actually stolen.

@@RobespierreThePoof I was gonna say just watched it and didn't get the ending, sorry. That he has just ruined her is the only conclusion although she looks weirdly happy about it..? "Bring the money or you can keep the car"...she can't bltake him the money and he knows it, and the car gift is irrelevant, so he's saying she's only worth anything to him if she now becomes a criminal. Or someone pls explain what I've missed... Yup McQueen was cool and Faye in the chess scene...but still prefer the Brosnan/Russo version 🙂

He is a narcissist that fell in love. And since it makes him feel powerless, he had to destroy her to be top dog. The thing is, if she ran to him and became a criminal with him...she wouldn't be the person he loved and he would just drop her. But if she takes the fall and comes out with honor, she can be that fantasy figure on a pedestal that he loves from afar.

She may even be liable for the kidnapping scam she pulled off.

@@DMalltheway she shreded the piece of paper to pieces so that she wont be accused of bieng accomplice.

@@claugusandres582 the detective that hired her can rat her out

steves shades

This is a fantasy movie dude.

lovexsqualor yeah we all know that, no need whatsoever to tell us. So what's your point in doing so?

Ive always thought about that!!!! He really knew that he couldn't trust her and never allowed himself to fall into the love trap. He knew that doing her job was all she cared about..and she would do anything to betray him and be the winner. Its definitely the mgtow film.

I agree. The film makes the case that they are both corrupted. But ultimately she was more honest than she thought she was and he was more awful than he expected. He won but he isn't laughing like he was in the beginning. He broke his own heart.

There are no tears in his eyes.

@@EuSeiT yes there are of course boys don't cry

@@kerrytakashi12 not corrupted whatever that may mean, they both are playing their games seriously, both like each other. He does say about his motive for the crime early on, he is playing the system and he knows enough about it too. She is playing for the system and she will get him, her smile at the end is because she is grateful she did not. "you did say it was your funeral" Her tears because they were in love but in the middle in the sauna scene where they try to set up a deal and escape from it, her inflexible compatriot puts pay to that. She is inflexible in a way too as she is not going to wuss out of doing her job, oh no sir, and neither him my goodness they are perfect match. She beats him at the chess game, staged though it was but that CHECK and his reaction to that, the reckoning, she is totally on his level, his woman. No he doesn't cry, it is generally the female who does that, but his look is not quite so self assured at the end, he is facing the loss like her. I still think they should have worked out the chess game with an advisor and actually put a whole real game in their but hell you can't have everything....

THERE* blast it!