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Title: Road movies Post by: Trevor on December 11, 2023, 08:22:43 AM Any faves (Thelma and Louise, Vanishing Point, Easy Rider, The Road, etc.
The first South African 'road movie' was the 1971 feature Die Banneling [The Exile] which later became a war romance of all things. Quote Based on the Springbok Radio serial and the later so-called ‘photo story’ novel – the latter brand of magazines were, like radio dramas, enormously popular in apartheid South Africa which had no access to television – by Willie Van Rensburg, this drama, translated as “The Exile” deals with a doctor who has served time in prison for his apparent hand in his wife’s death and then returns to his home town where he is treated like an outcast as the people there still blame him for his wife’s death. The only people who do not treat him this way are his parents who have been caring for his son while the doctor has been incarcerated. Determining that the community considers him an outcast and desperate to provide for his son, he joins a Congo mercenary unit as a medic during the then topical war. His son takes it upon himself to follow his father all the way from Pretoria – amazing how clean and orderly the city looked and was then, so far removed from the filth strewn, run down, fifth world, rat infested s**t heap it is now – to the Congo and has many adventures along the way, including befriending a hobo who accompanies him to the Congo and ends up becoming the cook for the mercenaries. The son finds his father, the father finds his calling as a medic, finds love in the midst of conflict and in a tear-jerking finale, both bid farewell to the boy’s friendly protector whose destiny to be a wanderer calls stronger to him than making a permanent home for himself and with the final frame of this movie, South Africa’s first movie in the so-called “road movie” genre is born. With Francois Van Heyningnen, Dirkie Van Den Bergh, Don Leonard, June Neethling and Willie Van Rensburg. Title: Re: Road movies Post by: zombie no.one on December 11, 2023, 08:55:59 AM road movie
noun A film in which much of the action takes place during a journey, especially one involving overland travel. I guess by this definition one of my fav 70s movies TRIP WITH THE TEACHER counts... not sure it really fulfills the definition most would have of 'road movie' though. ditto SPEED. to me 'road movie' implies some kind of literal journey which is mirrored by the characters' own personal, figurative journey (at least to some extent)... maybe I'm over-analysing Title: Re: Road movies Post by: bob on December 11, 2023, 05:44:50 PM Until the End of the World - Criterion Collection
Title: Re: Road movies Post by: Alex on December 11, 2023, 06:51:09 PM Trevor, does this one count?
https://youtu.be/WhhONtKnao0?si=YMOWWxTafaHnXpYn Title: Re: Road movies Post by: RCMerchant on December 11, 2023, 07:44:03 PM TWO LANE BLCKTOP (1971), VANISHING POINT (1971), DIRTY MARY, CRAZY LARRY (1974) are pretty cool.
Title: Re: Road movies Post by: chainsaw midget on December 12, 2023, 09:27:35 AM My favorite is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. It's some of Steve Martin and John Candy's best work.
Title: Re: Road movies Post by: Trevor on December 12, 2023, 09:35:44 AM Trevor, does this one count? https://youtu.be/WhhONtKnao0?si=YMOWWxTafaHnXpYn I haven't smiled at all today until I saw that. :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: Yes, it does qualify. :teddyr: :teddyr: Title: Re: Road movies Post by: Trevor on December 12, 2023, 10:14:26 AM TWO LANE BLCKTOP (1971), VANISHING POINT (1971), DIRTY MARY, CRAZY LARRY (1974) are pretty cool. I always liked the ending of Vanishing Point where Barry Newman sees the sun in the space between the two front end loaders and thinks he can still make it. Title: Re: Road movies Post by: claws on December 12, 2023, 01:39:50 PM Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/2286fb1229bc1157f49b7a00a6f7eeb9/60b056dc3781aa60-c7/s540x810/c3714279ec6ce4560bac9c8be72e06f0b0934113.gif) Something Wild (1986) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/091bedaf542a33a66e8bd3b769c6fc57/35a1de10dbcd69b0-5c/s540x810/d0aa8e5d58a5fb43556849343c216e2ab4efce13.gif) Title: Re: Road movies Post by: Trevor on December 12, 2023, 01:47:17 PM Little Miss Sunshine (2006) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/2286fb1229bc1157f49b7a00a6f7eeb9/60b056dc3781aa60-c7/s540x810/c3714279ec6ce4560bac9c8be72e06f0b0934113.gif) Something Wild (1986) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/091bedaf542a33a66e8bd3b769c6fc57/35a1de10dbcd69b0-5c/s540x810/d0aa8e5d58a5fb43556849343c216e2ab4efce13.gif) :cheers: Title: Re: Road movies Post by: RCMerchant on December 12, 2023, 01:54:41 PM RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975)- I saw this at the Strand Theater back in the day!
(https://i.imgur.com/caJILiY.jpg) (https://lunapic.com) Title: Re: Road movies Post by: bob on December 13, 2023, 08:33:53 AM (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Smokey_And_The_Bandit_Poster.jpg)
Title: Re: Road movies Post by: claws on December 13, 2023, 09:12:48 AM Duel (1971)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/700811a5bea43b2218003824880442a9/6210017f29e85076-f0/s500x750/af170bba97a94bda9ba807dd9a802107795752a4.gif) The Hitcher (1986) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/b212ca9af08614aca8605df49abd5191/fae7320427dd5f01-89/s540x810/e713d35489dc4c9d67d00ed9f3d5974c6de6755c.gif) Title: Re: Road movies Post by: RCMerchant on December 13, 2023, 05:17:33 PM DUEL (1971), which I believe is one of Spielberg's first films, is great.
(https://i.imgur.com/V4bTVbE.gif) (https://lunapic.com) Title: Re: Road movies Post by: Trevor on December 13, 2023, 05:37:47 PM RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975)- I saw this at the Strand Theater back in the day! (https://i.imgur.com/caJILiY.jpg) (https://lunapic.com) Our censor board banned that: bunch of schmucks. Title: Re: Road movies Post by: Trevor on December 13, 2023, 05:38:43 PM Duel (1971) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/700811a5bea43b2218003824880442a9/6210017f29e85076-f0/s500x750/af170bba97a94bda9ba807dd9a802107795752a4.gif) The Hitcher (1986) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/b212ca9af08614aca8605df49abd5191/fae7320427dd5f01-89/s540x810/e713d35489dc4c9d67d00ed9f3d5974c6de6755c.gif) The Hitcher freaked me out as a 19 year old :buggedout: Title: Re: Road movies Post by: Cult_Moody_Movies on December 13, 2023, 06:21:35 PM One of Steven Spielberg's underrated films.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/The_Sugarland_Express_(movie_poster).jpg) Title: Re: Road movies Post by: RCMerchant on December 13, 2023, 07:05:03 PM ^After he did DUEL (1971).
Title: Re: Road movies Post by: zombie no.one on December 14, 2023, 04:30:13 AM Lenzi's HITCHER IN THE DARK (1989)... not one of his best but hey
DUEL (1971), which I believe is one of Spielberg's first films, is great. DUEL and JAWS stand above all his other work, imo Title: Re: Road movies Post by: RCMerchant on December 14, 2023, 12:29:51 PM Of course, the MAD MAX movies!
Title: Re: Road movies Post by: claws on December 14, 2023, 02:08:55 PM National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/33300ce3963bf44cd97cd83060dffb6a/5854fca92f5dd604-d9/s500x750/84cf9aaa06b9c07148f1b190fbe28cf6ca7f5fe9.gif) Thelma & Louise (1991) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/a6fed0bfcccff884d922f4c0b93f9e57/2dc35aea2dcf4eef-74/s540x810/66b65789798517c241a961803de68e5f7f94c365.gif) Road Games (1981) (https://media.tenor.com/Ab9jaDDzjO0AAAAC/roadgames-richard-franklin.gif) Title: Re: Road movies Post by: M.10rda on December 14, 2023, 07:00:23 PM ROAD GAMES! That's a great little sleeper. Hard to describe it and sell it to the uninitiated but to watch it is to love it.
Title: Re: Road movies Post by: zombie no.one on December 14, 2023, 08:07:59 PM ROAD GAMES! That's a great little sleeper. Hard to describe it and sell it to the uninitiated but to watch it is to love it. ah man... wish I could agree with you. watched it for the first time a few weeks ago and just couldn't get into it. -- possibly cause I was (perhaps naively) expecting something to file alongside HALLOWEEN, PROM NIGHT and TERROR TRAIN, based on the fact of JL Curtis being in it. it does have a very definite atmosphere and style, I'll give it that.... may try another watch at some point Title: Re: Road movies Post by: M.10rda on December 14, 2023, 10:17:10 PM I understand where you're coming from and even as you're refuting my point, you're also kind of supporting it. :smile: It's certainly nothing like any of those three films, though I'd say it's a hell of a lot better than either PROM NIGHT or TERROR TRAIN. Of course anyone expecting a slasher film or even a traditional thriller is....... yeah, probably setting themself up for disappointment. ROAD GAMES is a quirky subtle psychological drama... kind of similar to a Nicholas Roeg joint or a less pretentious Antonioni flick. Naturally the producers couldn't promote it that way and I've never had much luck promoting it that way either. :bouncegiggle: But for anyone who just wants to watch Stacy Keach struggle to keep his powder dry for 90 minutes... pretty cool little movie imho.
Title: Re: Road movies Post by: bob on December 15, 2023, 08:15:08 AM the ultimate Road movie :wink:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Road-house-poster.jpg) Title: Re: Road movies Post by: Alex on December 15, 2023, 08:35:24 AM There is always The Road.
Title: Re: Road movies Post by: Archivist on December 17, 2023, 09:20:55 PM road movie noun A film in which much of the action takes place during a journey, especially one involving overland travel. I guess by this definition one of my fav 70s movies TRIP WITH THE TEACHER counts... not sure it really fulfills the definition most would have of 'road movie' though. ditto SPEED. to me 'road movie' implies some kind of literal journey which is mirrored by the characters' own personal, figurative journey (at least to some extent)... maybe I'm over-analysing Would Mad Max be classified as a road movie? Another would be Joy Ride (2001), a horror movie where some teens taunt a psychotic truck driver and end up pursued by him. And in this vein, would the Rutger Hauer classic The Hitch Hiker also be a road movie? Another movie called Joyride was produced in the Netherlands in 2006, with a soundtrack by symphonic metal band Epica. https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1824916249/?playlistId=tt0430257&ref_=tt_ov_vi (https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1824916249/?playlistId=tt0430257&ref_=tt_ov_vi) A ghastly road movie would be The Brown Bunny (2003) where Vincent Gallo, but it is a road journey that mirrors the protagonist's inner journey. Title: Re: Road movies Post by: zombie no.one on December 18, 2023, 06:41:40 AM well yeah I guess any movie with a considerable amount of 'road' based footage in it is by definition a 'road movie', it's just to me I get the impression there's supposed to be a bit of metaphor in there too...
I couldn't really find a more in-depth definition on the net than the one I pasted in bold there. |