So I was watching Grindhouse as I mentioned in an earlier post and they reference a movie called Vanishing Point several times. I IMDBed and it seemed like a classic film that I had some how completely missed. Well I watched it last night and I was pretty much blown away. The film was shot by the same guy who shot Chinatown, John Alanzo and it showed. I thought the film was absolutely stunning. The story is basically about a guy (Kowalski) driving as fast as he can across America, mostly just to piss off the man. It was clearly made on the coat tails of Easy Rider but I found it more accessible and much more watchable than Monty Hellman’s Two Lane Black Top, which I loved. There are a lot of great 70’s car films, but with the exception of Death Race 2000 (top 25 movies of all time in my mind) it is probably my favorite. Cleavon Little is so good as a blind DJ, leading Kowalski through his adventure by playing amazing music and damning the man. Anyway, it’s great, put it on your Netflix list today. Yeah. Existential car chases to the max.

Also, the trailer is mind blowing. Check it:

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