The last American Hee-ro

[torquill]

We watched "Vanishing Point" tonight. 1971, described as THE car chase movie.

We agreed that it amounted to a lot of rolls off a random encounters table... in combination with an "early 70's stereotypes" checklist. The cinematography was good, if somewhat odd.

Oh, and there were zombies. Despite the fact that it was not a zombie film. They were completely ignored, had nothing to do with plot despite being present for most of the film, and became the most surreal element of the entire thing.

It wasn't bad, overall. See it with a friend, and get ready for lots of wide open spaces and driving scenes. And some nice nudity.

Comments

[johno.livejournal.com]

Vanishing Point was a major p/l/o/t/ discussion point in Quentin Tarantino's half of Grindhouse.

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

It does bear some discussion -- it's not the sort of movie that explains itself much. And I can see a dialogue back-and-forth about it a la Pulp Fiction, and working bits of it into other movies.

It's a pity that I can't stand Quentin Tarantino.