You'll notice that, by the end of the narrative, the character GTO (Warren Oates), so full of **** before, is converted to the vision of the Driver (Taylor) and the Mechanic (Wilson) that Starlightblack explained a few posts back. The value of the authentic.
For those who DO like this sort of dark, anti-consumerist/existentialist picture, I'll recommend a few others in case you haven't seen 'em yet:
-Five Easy Pieces (Jack Nicholson)
-The Mechanic (Charles Bronson original, not Jason Statham remake)
-The French Connection (Gene Hackman)
-Planet of the Apes (Charlton Heston original, no remakes--sorry, no cars here.
Horses!)
-Vanishing Point (Barry Newman original)
-Easy Rider, of course
oh, and read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by R. Pirsig
all great early '70s stuff. No, your wives will not like these either.
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