IMDb-BEWERTUNG
7,2/10
13.420
IHRE BEWERTUNG
2 Männer, die in einem 55er Chevy durch die USA rasen. Dennis Wilson ist der Mechaniker, James Taylor der Fahrer.2 Männer, die in einem 55er Chevy durch die USA rasen. Dennis Wilson ist der Mechaniker, James Taylor der Fahrer.2 Männer, die in einem 55er Chevy durch die USA rasen. Dennis Wilson ist der Mechaniker, James Taylor der Fahrer.
- Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 2 Nominierungen
Rudy Wurlitzer
- Hot Rod Driver
- (as Rudolph Wurlitzer)
Harry Dean Stanton
- Oklahoma Hitchhiker
- (as H.D. Stanton)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesAccording to the director's commentary on the first DVD release, the reason the movie took so long to release on DVD was Jim Morrison. "Two Lane Blacktop"'s soundtrack has scenes in the movie where Doors music is playing in the background. Monte Hellman and the producers had trouble initially securing permission from Morrison's estate to release the film with its original content of Doors music on to the medium of DVD. For obvious reasons, such DVD permission was not part of the original agreement with the Doors in 1972. Eventually, the studio got permission to use the Doors music again and the DVD was released.
- PatzerWhen the G.T.O. pulls into the gas station it's extremely shiny and clean for having just driven through 3 states.
- Zitate
Hot rod driver: Let's make it 50.
The Driver: Make it three yards, motherfucker, and we'll have an auto-MO-bile race.
- Crazy CreditsThe film ends with the last frames of the film itself being burned.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Adam-12: The Dinosaur (1971)
Ausgewählte Rezension
How Good Is This Film?
This is either the best film I've ever seen, or just an interesting exercise in film-making that is ultimately of little value. The problem is that I can't decide which! No film has ever given me as much trouble in terms of my deciding where to place it in my personal Top 250 list. I mean, I know it's difficult to compare the relative merits of movies from different genres (e.g. "Schindler's List" vs "Monty Python And The Holy Grail"), but this movie is so unlike almost any others that I still don't know what to make of it.
I tried listening to the DVD commentary for some help, but Monte Hellman and Gary Kurtz had obviously pre-decided that they wouldn't talk about any aspect of the "meaning" or intent of the movie, preferring to concentrate on technical aspects such as pre-production, casting, locations, logistics, acting, lighting, sound, camera-work etc. I kind of respect them for this - leaving Joe Public to use his/her own brain in order to decide what the movie is all about.
One of the people in a featurette on the DVD said that "people haven't begun to realise how good Two-Lane Blacktop is" and I think that's right - the more I think about it, the better this film becomes in my estimation.
My take on the movie is that it's basically a contrast of the two extremes of human behaviour, as characterised by the brash, noisy "GTO" played by Warren Oates and the quiet, understated-to-the-point-of-lifelessness "Driver" and "Mechanic" - their personalities perfectly mirrored in their choice of cars. Most people's personalities lie somewhere in between, but by juxtaposing the extremes it forces one to think about one's place in that spectrum. "The Girl" is mainly a plot device to create a little bit of dramatic tension, as blokes left to themselves tend to go with the status quo. But we only want a little bit of drama, because that's not really the point, and too much drama would distract from the underlying theme.
I really love the "space" in this movie: the long takes, the long silences, the wide-open scenery, the fact that nobody SAYS anything (Warren Oates talks a lot, but never SAYS much). In modern life in general, I think people talk too much - try sitting still and shutting up for 103 minutes while watching this movie.
Not that I suppose anyone is interested, but I eventually rated this at about #70 in my Top 250, but next time I watch it I may move it up to #1 or drop it out of the 250 entirely...
I tried listening to the DVD commentary for some help, but Monte Hellman and Gary Kurtz had obviously pre-decided that they wouldn't talk about any aspect of the "meaning" or intent of the movie, preferring to concentrate on technical aspects such as pre-production, casting, locations, logistics, acting, lighting, sound, camera-work etc. I kind of respect them for this - leaving Joe Public to use his/her own brain in order to decide what the movie is all about.
One of the people in a featurette on the DVD said that "people haven't begun to realise how good Two-Lane Blacktop is" and I think that's right - the more I think about it, the better this film becomes in my estimation.
My take on the movie is that it's basically a contrast of the two extremes of human behaviour, as characterised by the brash, noisy "GTO" played by Warren Oates and the quiet, understated-to-the-point-of-lifelessness "Driver" and "Mechanic" - their personalities perfectly mirrored in their choice of cars. Most people's personalities lie somewhere in between, but by juxtaposing the extremes it forces one to think about one's place in that spectrum. "The Girl" is mainly a plot device to create a little bit of dramatic tension, as blokes left to themselves tend to go with the status quo. But we only want a little bit of drama, because that's not really the point, and too much drama would distract from the underlying theme.
I really love the "space" in this movie: the long takes, the long silences, the wide-open scenery, the fact that nobody SAYS anything (Warren Oates talks a lot, but never SAYS much). In modern life in general, I think people talk too much - try sitting still and shutting up for 103 minutes while watching this movie.
Not that I suppose anyone is interested, but I eventually rated this at about #70 in my Top 250, but next time I watch it I may move it up to #1 or drop it out of the 250 entirely...
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- Darren-12
- 25. März 2004
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- Budget
- 850.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 42 Minuten
- Farbe
- Seitenverhältnis
- 2.35 : 1
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