Tag: Two-Lane Blacktop
-
This Cult-Classic ’70s Road Movie Gets Its Decade Like No Other Film Does
For a movie that’s all about maximizing speed, the 1971 road movie Two-Lane Blacktop is incredibly slow and meditative. Instead of embracing the spectacle of many car films, Two-Lane Blacktop opts to focus on the mundane and the monotony between races. Having come out at the height of both the road movie and counterculture that…
-
Ridley Scott Says His Unmade ‘Dune’ Had ‘F*cking Good’ Script, but He Refused to Shoot in Mexico
This year’s Oscar contenders include Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” and Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci,” and it turns out there’s a bit of crossover between these two properties as Scott was once attached to direct the 1980s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s iconic science-fiction novel. Scott intended to direct “Dune” in between his two other science-fiction classics…
-
‘Two-Lane Blacktop’ Director Monte Hellman Dies at Age 91
Monte Hellman, the filmmaker behind movies like Two-Lane Blacktop, The Shooting, and Cockfighter, has died. He suffered a fall in his home on April 19, and died the next day. He was 93 years old. Variety brought word of Hellman’s death, and the outlet described the filmmaker as a “maverick” and a “cult” director. He…
-
Monte Hellman, ‘Two-Lane Blacktop’ Director, Dies at 91
Monte Hellman, the maverick director of such films as “Two-Lane Blacktop,” “The Shooting” and “Road to Nowhere,” died April 20 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Desert, Calif., following a fall in his home on April 19. He was 91.Hellman was a cult director who was widely admired within the industry, earning such fans as…