Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is that the one where he drives into the bulldozer blade at the end?? Or was that Zabriskie Point? - Good music all the way through! A load of other films stole ideas from it too Convoy, Thelma and Louise, those terrible Smokey and the Bandit films, and quite a few road trash movies. But even better was Duel - nice normal guy being terrorised by a truck - just as tense as Wages of Fear (the original with Yves Montand and Peter van Eyck) Douglas mcyclwritr@comcast.net wrote: >Vanishing Point is a movie from the 1970s. The opening scene is a dire >foreshadowing of the climax. > >The precis: a semi-whacked out Vietnam veteran named Kowalski (no first >name) puts forth a challenge to his speed (as in drug) connection that >he'll get a Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco within 15 hours. >He's already been up for a bunch of hours, so he needs the crank to keep on >motivatin'. To paraphrase, "I'll call you when I get there in 15 hours and >the drugs are free, okay?" Naturally, the 15-hour time frame begets a chase >movie. But, one with introspection. This was the era of flashbacks, and >they're used liberally to tell the back story. > >Vanishing Point flopped in the U.S. when it was released. It went to >England and became a hit. A cult favorite. It came back to the U.S. where >it has achieved similar cult status. > >Only a few people with pathetic, meaningless lives know so much about this >obscure movie. Welcome to our club. > >Check it out on www.imdb.com. > >-Chris Lawson > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- >From: Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> > > >>so now for the rest of us who are either not-so-clever or completely >>unschooled, what's the reference here? >> >>Thanks! :) >> >>Adam >> >>On 12/8/05, mcyclwritr@comcast.net <mcyclwritr@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> >>>Ric, >>> >>>I believe you are the only person on the list who caught it. Or, perhaps, >>>the >>> >>> >>only one who felt compelled to respond. Regarding this particular arcane >>movie >>allusion, it appears we are without challengers. >> >> >>>-Chris Lawson, approximately 100 miles from No Name, Colorado. >>> >>> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >>>From: Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> >>> >>> >>>>God, a deliciously obscure response!! >>>> >>>>Ric >>>> >>>> >>>>On Dec 7, 2005, at 6:06 PM, mcyclwritr@comcast.net wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>A foreshadowing, Sonny Kowalski? >>>>> >>>>>-Chris Lawson >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >>>>>From: SonC@aol.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>_http://www.sonc.com/pix/vp.jpg_ (http://www.sonc.com/pix/vp.jpg) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Regards, >>>>>>Sonny >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >