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Two-Lane Blacktop

1971 · 103 min

A quiet, existential road movie that drifts like the highway itself, offering sparse dialogue and lingering silences over conventional plot.

Directed by
Monte Hellman
Genres
Drama
Starring
James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson
Tagline
no beginning... no end... no speed limit...
Overview
A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

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Directed by
Monte Hellman
Genres
Drama
Starring
James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • freedom
  • obsession
  • loneliness
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Monte Hellman
Written by
Floyd Mutrux, Rudy Wurlitzer, Will Corry
Starring
James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird, Rudy Wurlitzer, Harry Dean Stanton, Jaclyn Hellman, Alan Vint
Cinematography
Jack Deerson, Gregory Sandor
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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