Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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Vanishing Point is one of those movies that continues to have a certain mystique about it as well.
Did you know that the movie contains about 40 seconds worth of an unreleased Longbranch/Pennywhistle song? A song so buried in the mire that Glenn Frey himself could not locate a master tape of the song for the Longbranch/Pennywhistle retrospective CD a few years ago.
Of course, I don't need to tell anybody who Glenn Frey was or what band he lead through the 70's.
Bloody Mary, Full of Vodka, Blessed art thou among cocktails....
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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I took a first date to the drive-in to see it. When Gilda showed up on the Honda, it kinda shocked both of us and all I could think of to say was "that's one way to get an all over tan". I was too cool at 16. Tim
'71 Charger 383/727 '17 Challenger SXT (Wifeys car )
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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Look at the current genre of movies being made.
1) Politically correct 2) Slasher/horror 3) Revenge 4) Sci-fi
Movies like Vanishing Point, Two Lane Blacktop, Heart Like A Wheel, Redline 7000, Grand Prix just aren't being made any more. Ford Vs. Ferrarri and Tucker were two exceptions, how did they do? I still get chills watching the chase scene from Bullit but I am part of a dying breed.
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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Vanishing Point is what made me a Mopar guy (for better or worse lol). When I was in Junior high, custom vans were the big craze. I wanted to build a âshaggin wagonâ when I turned 16 and got my license. I worked odd jobs and saved all money for when I got my license. One day I told my dad that if he bought me a used van when I was 16, I thought Iâd have enough saved to customize it. He informed me if I wanted a car when I got my license Iâd have to buy it myself. Whoops. Time for a plan B. Maybe a used muscle car? I started reading Car Craft and Hot Rod instead of van magazines and thought about Camaros, Mustangs and Chargers. Then one Sunday night, I think it was in 1976, ABC showed Vanishing Point. It changed my life, seeing Kowalski banging gears with that pistol grip shifter had me hooked. Iâd never paid much attention to Challengers and cudas but it was then I decided that was what I wanted. I bought a Challenger when I was 16 and have had them for the 40+ years since.
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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I do think that, on a whole, the muscle car mystique will soldier on. There will always be a new generation to discover films like VP, Two Lane, etc. What they will make of them, who knows, but the titles will live on. Muscle cars (and movies about them) always equated to machismo and personal freedom, and I canât see those concepts losing any popularity among young males for a long time post-2021.
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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I do think that, on a whole, the muscle car mystique will soldier on. There will always be a new generation to discover films like VP, Two Lane, etc. What they will make of them, who knows, but the titles will live on. Muscle cars (and movies about them) always equated to machismo and personal freedom, and I canât see those concepts losing any popularity among young males for a long time post-2021. I dunno man.... maybe? I find though that more often than not, even though the younger generations hold in their hand a device that gleans access to the wealth of knowledge man has thus cultivated.... they still don't use the damn thing. They've also had it ingrained in their psyche not to question things.... not to ask "Why?" or "How?" Most don't watch TV anymore and even if they did.... these movies certainly won't be on TV anymore. Not since Speed Vision and Bruce Dern hosting "The Lost Drive In" have I ever seen ANY of these films on TV. (Ok, maybe the ONE exception would be on TCM - but that's it!) So, unless we actively take a role in trying to expose the younger generations to this stuff.... they won't have any interest in it at all. The same goes for cars. I have a cousin who inherited his fathers' millions. The kid is 30, lives in a million dollar home, has a 250k/year job and yet still covets my garbage and promises me that one day he will own all my cars. (Over my dead body, but that's neither here nor there.) Anywho, story is he comes to me and says his wife has granted him to spend 20k on a fun toy and he's looking at this POS '85 Mercury Capri. And I'm like.... no, no, no.... don't waste your money. So I spent an hour showing him a dozen other cars in province that are under 20k and WAY cooler. The one I thought I turned him onto was a '72 Mustang convertible. Beautiful car, recent restoration. 302/4-barrel/C4. Grabber Blue, white guts and top. P/S, P/db.... just a gorgeous and well appointed car. $16k. It was something that both he could enjoy, his wife would enjoy, wouldn't eat them out of house and home and their new baby would make a BILLION memories growing up in the back seat of a Mustang convertible. My cousin actually thanked me for the help and my opinions. Three weeks later he shows up un-announced to show off the same piece of trash Mercury Capri he originally looked at. *facepalm* It'd already cost him a small fortune because the first day he took it to work, he didn't put the hood pins back in (fiberglass hood, no springs, no latch..... you see where I'm going with this....) He lead-foots it on the street and near the top of 3rd gear the hood flies up and back, cracks the hood, breaks the header panel, smashes above the windshield.... Wouldn't have happened if he bought that groovy Grabber Blue convert his cousin showed him..... Just sayin'..... I guess my point is.... even if you do lead them by the hand, they're still going to find some way to foul things up.
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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And the âgood ol daysâ were never really that either, were they? Haha. I know what I know because I spent a lot of time doing things the wrong way. Eventually you learn. And either way, weâll be dead by the time everything has lost its meaning (or itâs meaning has been twisted and perverted). Till then, hammer down. Well, for me the good ole days were that indeed. I find myself looking back ALL THE TIME & missing those days. Our world today...............well - whatever.
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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Well, for me the good ole days were that indeed. I find myself looking back ALL THE TIME & missing those days. Our world today...............well - whatever.
My thoughts exactly!...
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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I still have a Blu-ray player because I care about sound quality. Streaming audio is inferior.
'67 is an abbreviation of 1967 67' is an abbreviation of 67 feet They are not interchangeable.
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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Look at the current genre of movies being made.
1) Politically correct 2) Slasher/horror 3) Revenge 4) Sci-fi
Donât forget Superheroes. Every other movie is a Superhero movie. Boring.
'67 is an abbreviation of 1967 67' is an abbreviation of 67 feet They are not interchangeable.
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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Look at the current genre of movies being made.
1) Politically correct 2) Slasher/horror 3) Revenge 4) Sci-fi
Donât forget Superheroes. Every other movie is a Superhero movie. Boring. I agree. ENOUGH of the stupid comic book based movies.
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Re: Article on Vanishing Point in Road & Track
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Oh God.... Superhero movies. What a load. Last time I went to the theatre to watch something GOOD, I went with a bunch of girls from work to see "Puss in Boots". Even the Sci-Fi isn't good anymore. FFS, they screwed up STAR TREK. We used to think VOYAGER was the low point and now.... my God.... it's gone so woke it makes a person want to vomit. I didn't even make it through the first episode.
Would love to see a day come when the almost average Joe could make a movie on a shoestring budget and get it played. But I don't think there's anybody out there with the gumption like Toby Halicki, Floyd Mutrux, Greydon Clark or even another Spielberg or Lucas.
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