Editing Ronin (film) (section)

=== Stunts ===
[[File:450SELI 0411.jpg|thumb|alt=Older red four-door sedan|The [[Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9]] was Frankenheimer's favorite Mercedes model due to its appearance and "great, big powerful engine", and he used it as the protagonist's car in ''Ronin''{{'s}} first major car chase.<ref name="commentary"/>]]

Frankenheimer avoided using special effects in the car-chase scenes, [[previsualization|previsualizing]] them with [[storyboard]]s and used the same camera mounts as those used on [[Grand Prix (1966 film)|''Grand Prix'']].<ref name="commentary"/> The actors were placed inside the cars while being driven at up to {{convert|100|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, by [[Formula One]] driver [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]], and high-performance drivers Jean-Claude Lagniez and Michel Neugarten.<ref name="magid"/> The actors had enrolled at a high-performance driving school before production began.<ref name="commentary"/> According to Lagniez, the car-stunt coordinator, it was a priority not to cheat the speed by adjusting the [[frame rate]]; he said, "When you do, it affects the lighting. It is different at 20 frames than at 24 frames."<ref name="driving"/> However, Fraisse said: "Sometimes, but not very often, we did shoot at 22 frames per second, or 21."<ref name="magid"/> [[Point-of-view shot]]s from cameras mounted below the cars' front [[Fender (vehicle)|fender]] were used to deliver a heightened sense of speed.<ref name="commentary"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Lane|first1=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Lane|title=Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|location=New York|isbn=978-0-375-71434-4|pages=249–253|edition=1st|year=2002}}</ref>

For the final chase scene, which used 300 stunt drivers,<ref name="commentary"/> the production team bought four [[BMW 5 Series (E34)#535i|BMW 535i]]s and five [[Peugeot 406]]s;{{efn|In the DVD commentary, Frankenheimer says four BMWs and five Peugeots were purchased for the chase scene,<ref name="commentary"/> namely the BMW 535i and Peugeot 406.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kennouche|first1=Sofiane|title=The greatest drivers' cars to ever feature in movies|url=https://www.evo.co.uk/features/15650/the-greatest-drivers-cars-to-ever-feature-in-movies|access-date=May 9, 2018|work=[[Evo (magazine)|Evo]]|publisher=Dennis Publishing|location=United Kingdom|date=April 1, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509124056/http://www.evo.co.uk/features/15650/the-greatest-drivers-cars-to-ever-feature-in-movies|archive-date=May 9, 2018}}</ref>}} one of each was cut in half and towed by a [[Mercedes-Benz 500 E]] while the actors were inside them.<ref name="commentary"/> Right-hand drive versions of the cars were also purchased; a dummy steering wheel was installed on the left side while the stunt drivers drove the speeding vehicles.<ref name="commentary"/><ref name="driving"/> The final chase had very little music because Frankenheimer thought music and sound effects do not blend well. Sound engineer [[Mike Le Mare]] recorded all of the film's cars on a racetrack, mixing them later in post-production.<ref name="commentary"/>

Frankenheimer refused to film the gunfights in [[slow motion]], believing onscreen violence should be depicted in real time.<ref name="commentary"/> Mick Gould, the film's technical advisor and a former instructor in the advanced training wings of the [[Special Air Service]], trained the cast in weapons-handling and guerilla military tactics.<ref name="prod"/><ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=http://mickgould.net/about-mick/ |website=Mick Gould |access-date=6 December 2021 |date=30 April 2014}}</ref> The physical stunts were coordinated by Joe Dunne.<ref name="variety"/>