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Classic roadmovie Two-Lane Blacktop in Cinematek

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© BRUZZ
22/08/2018

As we tore down the Austrian Grossglockner High Alpine Road over the past few weeks, we imagined that we were driving the highly tuned 1955 Chevy from Two-Lane Blacktop. Pedal to the metal, arm hanging out of the window, and Steppenwolf blasting through the speakers.

Great timing it was, because Monte Hellman’s 1971 cult road movie will be roaring across the screen at Cinematek again this week. The plot is as thin as freshly painted asphalt lines: two drag racers (Beach Boy Dennis Wilson and folkie James Taylor) challenge Warren Oates and his Pontiac GTO to a race to Florida.

You never get to see if any of them make it, but you do get immersed in 1970s America along the way. Vrooooooom!

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