Leconte's triumphant and deliberately misogynistic farce follows Paul, who has just murdered his wife's lover in bizarre fashion. His uncle, a crooked judge, convinces him to kill his wife (as you do!) and the men take to the road in pursuit of vengeance. Stylish, funny and very, very black.
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THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (1938)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Two brothers struggle as wildcat truck drivers, battling the dangers of the open road, and with one of them accused of his friend's murder. A gripping drama with great wisecracking performances.
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TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (1971)
Certification15 Our Rating
In this controversial and acclaimed story of drag-racing drifters, the drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy fight an obsessive battle across the back roads of America for possession of each other's 'pinks' and the affections of a mysterious young hitchhiker. Dominating this hypnotic existential journey is Warren Oates as the obsessive ‘GTO', with James Taylor and Dennis Wilson (in their first and only acting roles) his rivals for both car and woman. "Two-Lane Blacktop" is an existentialist 6
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VANISHING POINT (1971)
Certification18 Our Rating
Pissed off rebel Kowalski accepts a challenge to drive from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours. Fired up by a tankful of gas in his 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T with its 4-speed manual transmission, Hurst "pistol grip" shifter and controlling a 4 barrel/440 cubic inch "Magnum" V-8 engine, he begins his solitary odyssey, spurred on by a blind black DJ, Super Soul, to become 'the last American hero'. Kowalski gathers a following amongst counterculture denizens, bikers and hippies flock to KOW radio
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WILD AT HEART (1990)
Certification18 Our Rating
Another cult classic from David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks). Sailor and Laura are madly in love but her psychotic mother is having none of it, so they hit the road and begin an adventure peppered with plenty of sex, violence and manic music. Black, broody and very funny, this is a wild movie.
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