That’s me. That’s my car.

The car shot. It’s as American as a Texaco station. Everybody has one or two, capturing a moment with a cherished first car or the bomb they drove in college. Even celebrities aren’t immune. Look at Ben Affleck with his prized Chevy or James Dean beside his legendary Porsche. The cars still glow. In these shots, the coolest vehicles have a star power all their own — an odd charisma,

a lucky charm, like the people who picked them. They possess that intangible something movie producers and car designers seek, and occasionally find.