Two-Lane Blacktop

Yes, pretty good. Have you seen Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. It'll make you wanna do power slides everywhere...
 
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I worship this film.

The more I watch it, the more realistic and depressing it can actually be. Two guys driving around racing random people around the country for money. It seems like they are the only ones in the film actually doing what they want. GTO was playing the song Me and Bobby MeGee because he's lost everything, but his freedom. The freedom being the open road and a fast car, that's all that's left for him.

The girl never stays with anyone for more than a day and is a drifter. We don't know much about the driver and the mechanic. Why are they racing? Did they lose everything too and like GTO all they have left is their freedom? Did they run a garage together and had to leave town? There is a LOT of mystery to the two main characters.

No matter where in the country they are, all the people seem sad. Sometimes just hearing the pipes of a 454 is the most exciting part of their day. Like at the beginning, the gas station worker wants to race, but is having transmission troubles? Why? He's pumping gas. How in the world can he afford a car that can compete against an 11 second car in 1971? Maybe things were going fine and like GTO lost nearly everything, still has the race car, but it's broken.

The driver and mechanic are so out of step with society, they don't even know what day it is. The driver doesn't even want to hear the news. The turns the radio off because it's "distracting." You know why? All of the news is so depressing and they want to enjoy their fun and not give a hoot about anyone else. Like when GTO breaks down and goes into his life story, The Driver doesn't care. He wants to live for the moment.

Also the car breaks down. Something we hardly ever see in car films. Being on the side of the road due to a bad spark plug, IT HAPPENS.

The film is so close to reality it can give you chills or bring tears to your eyes if you watch it close enough.

Most people think it's a boring film, but those people have no idea what it's like driving a highly modified car across the country. Giving some poor souls a chance to smile for the first time in a while.

Two-Lane Blacktop is probably my favorite film of all time. Rob Zombie wrote a song about it. You know who the mechanic is right???

Lyrics there too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uWqiDIZJ4U

Look who is in the seat....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IWYmo2LceE

The modern world sucks!!!
 
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Motorhead350 said:
I worship this film.

The more I watch it, the more realistic and depressing it can actually be. Two guys driving around racing random people around the country for money. It seems like they are the only ones in the film actually doing what they want. GTO was playing the song Me and Bobby MeGee because he's lost everything, but his freedom. The freedom being the open road and a fast car, that's all that's left for him.

The girl never stays with anyone for more than a day and is a drifter. We don't know much about the driver and the mechanic. Why are they racing? Did they lose everything too and like GTO all they have left is their freedom? Did they run a garage together and had to leave town? There is a LOT of mystery to the two main characters.

No matter where in the country they are, all the people seem sad. Sometimes just hearing the pipes of a 454 is the most exciting part of their day. Like at the beginning, the gas station worker wants to race, but is having transmission troubles? Why? He's pumping gas. How in the world can he afford a car that can compete against an 11 second car in 1971? Maybe things were going fine and like GTO lost nearly everything, still has the race car, but it's broken.

The driver and mechanic are so out of step with society, they don't even know what day it is. The driver doesn't even want to hear the news. The turns the radio off because it's "distracting." You know why? All of the news is so depressing and they want to enjoy their fun and not give a hoot about anyone else. Like when GTO breaks down and goes into his life story, The Driver doesn't care. He wants to live for the moment.

Also the car breaks down. Something we hardly ever see in car films. Being on the side of the road due to a bad spark plug, IT HAPPENS.

The film is so close to reality it can give you chills or bring tears to your eyes if you watch it close enough.

Most people think it's a boring film, but those people have no idea what it's like driving a highly modified car across the country. Giving some poor souls a chance to smile for the first time in a while.

Two-Lane Blacktop is probably my favorite film of all time. Rob Zombie wrote a song about it. You know who the mechanic is right???

Lyrics there too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uWqiDIZJ4U

Look who is in the seat....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IWYmo2LceE

The modern world sucks!!!
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That is whats called a trancendental movie experience. Congratulations! not many people attain this level of movie watching.

It happened to me with Fearless (1993) and again while watching Scarecrow (1973) and again with Solaris (1972). its almost a spiritual enlightenment


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Just texted the wife and sent her to Hastings to rent or buy Two-lane blacktop. Hope its a goodun. American Graffiti is still one of my top car movies ever......I am an old guy though....
 
Mebot said:
That is whats called a trancendental movie experience. Congratulations! not many people attain this level of movie watching.

It happened to me with Fearless (1993) and again while watching Scarecrow (1973) and again with Solaris (1972). its almost a spiritual enlightenment


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I will have to check those out. Like you, I would imagine when a film hits close to home it can hit really hard, sometimes to a point where you don't even wanna watch it again.

Ever seen Rebel Without A Cause? :(
 
I've had Two Lane on vhs since before DVD.,Anyone remember "Mr.Bardahl"? From the movie and in actual drag racing?

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Both great flics and i always want to do burnouts in front of my house,dont need a movie,to bad the chief of the po po lives next door.
 
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