Tag: Road movie
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His Chilling Story Points Toward a Covert Murderer
(Warning: Spoilers Ahead) By his own account, Al Roberts, the unlucky hitchhiker in “Detour” (1945), is fated to aimlessly wander the streets of America until police catch up with him. When they do, he’ll likely hang for two murders. It’s one of noir’s most familiar and definitive stories: an average man, through no fault of…
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Two Super-Charged Road Movies Take the Not So Scenic Route Through America
Barry Newman as Kowalski, ‘Vanishing Point’ (1971).A high-speed chase through the desert turns him into an overnight folk hero. “Vanishing Point” (1971) The hyperkinetic, blind radio disc jockey Super Soul (Cleavon Little) is a lot like an evangelical preacher without the fire and brimstone. He’s part guardian angel, part voice of God to renegade automobile…