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Summary: Drag Race for the Mind
Review: The main draw of this movie is the '55. Anyone who love cars knows what it is to hear and feel a big block run up off the line. This movie is not a masterpiece of movie making. What it does do is allow you to use your imagination and fill in the noticeably absent dialogue. Who are these people? Where are they from? Why are they here? What this movie lacks in theatrical content, it makes up for in deep content.
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Summary: One of the best and one of the worst movies of all time!
Review: This movie is a must have for anyone who has a passion for fast cars. This movie is not for everyone, that is for sure. If you want great acting and cutting edge special effects, this is not the movie for you. What you will get is a pulse pounding thrill ride that will take you back to the days of the muscle car. The drag racing at the old Lakeland International Raceway near Memphis is one of the best scenes I have ever seen in a muscle car movie. The ending promises to be one you would have never expected. MUST SEE!
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Summary: Two lane blacktop
Review: Only movie that actually depicts street racing the way it was <is>.Refreshing to actually hear the sounds of real muscle cars banging gears on secluded country roads inches apart at over 100 m.p.h. I remember why I couldnt sleep when I was younger on fri. or sat. nights I would be outside looking for muscle cars too come by.
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Summary: Two Lane Black Top
Review: Two Lane Blacktop is one of those movies that you hear about long before you see it. It seems that while every car guy I have ever run across has heard of Two Lane Blacktop, few have ever seen it. Like Vanishing Point, it examines on some level the disillusionment that came at the close of the 1960's. It is a movie about outsiders; those that choose to be and those that desperately do not wish to be. The one thread that ties them together is the road.For a true gearhead, Two Lane Blacktop is a joy. To see all of the legendary sixties muscle cars in their natural environment.....it calls to mind a tradition of (illegal) street racing that still exists today, for better or worse. Anyone who has seen it or done it will instantly be pulled into the movie. Of course, the quintessential gray primer 55 Chevy, an unbeatable home-built street warrior, is the true hero of the film. You don't see this movie for the dialogue and there isn't a lot of it. Some of the gearhead lingo is kind of lame, like where the gas station attendant asks the Driver (James Taylor) if the 55 Chevy has a "Chevy block." No duh. Don't worry about it. That isn't why you are watching it. This movie is a time machine. As a 38 year old, I vividly remember those days and those cars, but through the eyes of an eight year old with Hot Wheels cars and a Dad that drove four door sedans (still does). I always wanted (and now have) fast cars. Seeing this movie for the first time 20 years ago poured even more fuel on the flame. Getting the opportunity to see it has always been an elusive pleasure, because it has been broadcast so rarely, and then often edited. This past Christmas, my girlfriend got me a copy in the collector's tin. I have watched it several times since, sometimes very loud. The movie has a deep texture, maybe even more so than Easy Rider, from which comparisons can be drawn. You aren't watching the people alone in this movie, however. Rather, you are taking in everything that is in it. The wide screen format is only way to go. If only you could smell the fuel, the oil and the burning rubber while you watch it. Every car guy has to have this video, along with Vanishing Point and Bullitt.
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Summary: Still Boring after all these years
Review: I originally saw this film in a theater in Fresno, CA in the early 70's. I thought it was boring then and still do now. It was my interest in Dennis Wilson that made me see the film and then buy the DVD. Slow, boring and will put you to sleep. You wonder why a movie like this ever came out. Dennis, James, Warren, and Laurie try their best but who approved the script and financing for this film?
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Summary: Same Chevy as AG eh....
Review: When I was just a boy my family and I stayed in Santa Fe one night on our way to Colorado. We stayed at the Ramada inn I think. Anyway there were some car carrier semi's in the parking lot that had signs on there doors that indicated they were involved with "Two lane blacktop". There were at least 4 similar 50's chevys in primer grey. All but one had camera mounts on the hood, door and so on. So....How do we really know which one was the AG car? RWS
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Summary: You either love it or hate it.
Review: You may notice the other reviews rate Two Lane Blacktop with either 5 stars or 0 stars. This can be attributed to weather or not the reviewer does or does not understand the fascination gearheads have with the automobile. There is no in-between. If you are looking for strong acting performances that inspire and move you, then keep looking elsewhere. If you are down with the era gone by, sadly, of musclecars and then men who are obsessed by them, this is your movie. You will see things you never will see today. Superbirds racing Hemi 'Cudas, Superbees racing Chargers, 442's and Chevelles getting it on. If you know what all this means, buy this movie. You will understand. You will not be sorry you did.
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Summary: Buddy Gonna Shut You Down
Review: I have to wonder whether other people giving this movie four and five stars actually watched it. A die-hard Beach Boys fan, I tried to watch it and cheer for the Mechanic-actor Dennis Wilson. Fell asleep more times than I could count. The acting stalls worse than a siezed engine that has been leaking oil. Yikes.
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Summary: The insentient world of machines.....
Review: The insentient world of machines and the people who cohabit it. I love the sight and sound of machines, so Two Lane Blacktop is a natural for me. In this case the machines are cars with their drivetrains at full tilt. A wonderful flavor is the whine of the special cut gears of the '55 Chevy's M22 transmission handling the power of the big 454 motor. The austerity and robot blankness of the characters and plot mate perfectly with the barren mechanical environment. The cross country scenery and coffee shop settings highlight the theme as well. Nothing pulls away from the dominating emphasis of machines . A very singular movie.
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Summary: Tightly directed auto erotica.
Review: I hadn't seen this film for over a decade but jumped at a copy when I saw it re-released in video. With the hot cars that are on screen almost every second, the nameless, unsympathetic characters and naturalistic dialogue and acting, it is a film that would never be produced today. Yet the the obsessions of the main characters make it a timeless study of man's connections to possessions, competition, and the camraderie of people with common interests. Warren Oates' character is incredible and absolutely unique in that he constantly talks about himself and yet we know virtually nothing about him at the end of the movie because of his compulsive lying. The hippy chick character (is she, maybe, 14 years old?) places the film culturally in the early 70s, but the gear heads could be from the 1950s or the 1990s. A movie about cars, that is as much about the people that drive them.
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