{"id":51496,"date":"2020-09-13T09:30:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51496"},"modified":"2023-09-03T10:32:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:32:39","slug":"two-lane-blacktop-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51496","title":{"rendered":"Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;They&#8217;re just a bunch of small-town car freaks, that&#8217;s all they are.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Poster-203x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Poster-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Poster-694x1024.png 694w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Poster-87x128.png 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Poster-183x270.png 183w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Poster.png 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs the driver (James Taylor) and the mechanic (Dennis Wilson) of a souped up &#8217;55 Chevy drive across the country looking for opportunities to race, they pick up a young hitchhiker (Laurie Bird) and eventually meet the middle-aged owner (Warren Oates) of a GTO who&#8217;s willing to race them cross-country for high stakes.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Car Racing<\/li>\n<li>Harry Dean Stanton Films<\/li>\n<li>Monte Hellman Films<\/li>\n<li>Road Trip<\/li>\n<li>Warren Oates Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that while &#8220;Monte Hellman&#8217;s film&#8221; &#8212; predicted to be &#8220;the movie of the year&#8221; and &#8220;turn the youth market as only <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=60491\"><em>Easy Rider<\/em><\/a> had&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;never lived up to its pre-release publicity&#8221;, it remains &#8220;a unique, thematically interesting film that has deservedly become a cult favorite.&#8221; He describes it as an existential film in which The Driver (Taylor) and The Mechanic (Wilson) &#8220;race their car&#8230; back and forth across America&#8217;s highways and byways &#8212; going fast but going nowhere on the metaphorical endless highway of meaningless life.&#8221; Given how much loving attention is paid (by Hellman) to The Car, Peary notes that &#8220;we learn more about [it] than about the zombielike men who ride in it,&#8221; whose rare conversation are &#8220;only about cars and racing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Talking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Talking-1024x481.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Talking-1024x481.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Talking-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Talking-128x60.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Talking-768x361.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Talking-1536x722.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Talking-575x270.png 575w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Talking.png 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, even when The Girl (Bird) &#8220;enters their life&#8221; and &#8220;swims nude in front of them, they reminisce about old cars, not old flames.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Peary points out that &#8220;The Driver and the Mechanic epitomize the sad products of a frustration-making D.C. bureaucracy, specifically a Nixon government which is conducting a controversial war that makes complete apathy as inviting as a warm cozy bed.&#8221; He notes that &#8220;while other films were about the alienation of the drug culture and war protesters, Hellman&#8217;s pessimistic film is about the alienation of everyone else: both those who race around the desolate, poor, conservative country and all those people inside the cubicles they pass who are just as withdrawn and isolated from the problems\/horrors of their world.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Peary discusses <em>Two-Lane Blacktop<\/em> at greater length in his <em>Cult Movies<\/em> book, where he notes that he finds it &#8220;so much more honest and less exploitative than the similarly plotted box office smash <em>Easy Rider<\/em>, another film about a routeless odyssey across America undertaken by society&#8217;s dropouts.&#8221; He describes Oates as, &#8220;as usual, a standout, showing the wide range of emotions of a troubled man&#8221; and providing &#8220;much wit to the film&#8221;. He adds that &#8220;most amusing, and pathetic, is how he keeps picking up the worst brand of hitchhikers&#8230; but keeps trying to find ideal companionship.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Stanton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Stanton-1024x480.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Stanton-1024x480.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Stanton-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Stanton-128x60.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Stanton-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Stanton-1536x719.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Stanton-577x270.png 577w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Stanton.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary asserts that while he likes this movie &#8212; &#8220;its characters, and its premise&#8221; &#8212; he finds the &#8220;beginning of the film&#8230; compelling&#8221; but &#8220;toward the end it becomes a bit tiresome and fizzles &#8212; just like the race.&#8221; I think that&#8217;s exactly the point, however. As The Girl makes yet another random decision near the end of the film about who she&#8217;ll hang out and travel with, we see that nothing&#8217;s really changed &#8212; life will continue to be about distraction, alienation, and thwarted attempts to connect; <em>Two-Lane Blacktop<\/em> is remarkably effective at portraying those still-enduring challenges of existence. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warren Oates as GTO<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Oates.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Oates-1024x514.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Oates-1024x514.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Oates-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Oates-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Oates-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Oates-1536x771.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Oates-538x270.png 538w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Oates.png 1659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many memorable moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Hitchhiker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Hitchhiker-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Hitchhiker-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Hitchhiker-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Hitchhiker-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Hitchhiker-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Hitchhiker-1536x862.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Hitchhiker-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Hitchhiker.png 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An authentic sense of time and place<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cars.png 1641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Store.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Store-1024x533.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Store-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Store-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Store-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Store-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Store-1536x799.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Store-519x270.png 519w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Store.png 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography-1024x529.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography-1024x529.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography-128x66.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography-768x397.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography-1536x794.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography-523x270.png 523w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography.png 1655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography2-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography2-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography2-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography2-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography2-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography2-1536x821.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography2-505x270.png 505w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography2.png 1649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography3-1024x543.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography3-1024x543.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography3-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography3-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography3-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography3-1536x815.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography3-509x270.png 509w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Two-Lane-Blacktop-Cinematography3.png 1661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a cult favorite. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067893\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1971\/07\/08\/archives\/crosscountry-ride-and-a-chase-in-spain.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2469two.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/1934\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re just a bunch of small-town car freaks, that&#8217;s all they are.&#8221; Synopsis: As the driver (James Taylor) and the mechanic (Dennis Wilson) of a souped up &#8217;55 Chevy drive across the country looking for opportunities to race, they pick up a young hitchhiker (Laurie Bird) and eventually meet the middle-aged owner (Warren Oates) of a GTO who&#8217;s willing to race them cross-country for high stakes. 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