Rush hour short film depicts a terrifying intersection where no one gets hit – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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In the world’s most dangerous intersection, nobody gets hit

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Jacob Kastrenakes
is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade.

Well this is terrifying. Fernando Livschitz's short film Rush Hour may be the result of some wonderful editing, but it's still kind of dizzying to watch as cars, pedestrians, and cyclists appear to just narrowly avoid colliding for a good minute straight. The film's having fun with it though — in a tweet, Edgar Wright compares it to something out of a Jaques Tati film, which often played around with repetition and movement to goofy (and similarly troubling) ends.

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