Random Acts of Cinema

41 - Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)


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We return to Monte Hellman’s examination of American masculinity with a James Taylor and Dennis Wilson-starring road movie.  Two nearly silent racers ramble across the American southwest, acquiring a disreputable father-figure, a notably underage girl, and a supporting cast of American weirdos.  Vroom.

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If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Terrence Malick’s Badlands (1973).

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