![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/d9/00/002300d9_medium.jpeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/d9/00/002300d9.jpeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
2xDVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 2,35:1 | Artwork | 103 mins | 6,45 Gb + 7,54 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1/1.0 @ 448/192 Kbps | Subtitles: English SDH
Genre: Art-House, Drama | The Criterion Collection #414
2xDVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 2,35:1 | Artwork | 103 mins | 6,45 Gb + 7,54 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1/1.0 @ 448/192 Kbps | Subtitles: English SDH
Genre: Art-House, Drama | The Criterion Collection #414
Director: Monte Hellman
Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird
The Driver and The Mechanic are two car freaks driving a 1955 Chevy throughout the southwestern U.S. looking for other cars to race. They are totally dedicated to The Car and converse with each other only when necessary. At a gas station, The Driver and The Mechanic, along with a girl who has ingratiated herself into their world, meet G.T.O., a middle-aged man who fabricates stories about his exploits. It is decided to have a race to Washington, D.C., where the winner will get the loser's car. Along the way, the race and the highway metaphorically depict the lives of these contestants as they struggle to their destination.
As far as car movies go, Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop is the exact opposite of a movie like Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), which is heavy on plot and dialogue (most of it bad). Two-Lane Blacktop has very little of either, which may put off many viewers who are used to having everything explained to them. Nonetheless, there's no mistaking that it's not only a classic cult movie, but an American masterpiece.![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/bc/b7/0019b7bc_medium.jpeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)]()
After the critical success of his two quickie westerns Ride in the Whirlwind (1965) and The Shooting (1967) (financed by Roger Corman, who got two for the price of one), director Monte Hellman was hired by Universal to make Two-Lane Blacktop. The project came with a pretty standard script (by Will Corry), so Hellman hired Rudy Wurlitzer to make something new out of it, and a classic was born.![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/bd/b7/0019b7bd_medium.jpeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)]()
Hellman also hired three non-actors, Dennis Wilson (the drummer from the Beach Boys), singer James Taylor, and photographer Laurie Bird. The only professional actor, Warren Oates, plays the part of GTO, the man who drives around in a brand new yellow 1970 GTO and tells whatever story about himself that pops into his head. All four actors do an amazing job, but Oates is spectacular. With his beady eyes and gruff, drawling voice, he creates a sad and lonely character out of the nothingness and the lies. If there was a list of the single greatest performances of all time, this would be among them.![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/be/b7/0019b7be_medium.jpeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)]()
The story, such as it is, has Wilson (as "The Mechanic") and Taylor (as "The Driver") cruising around the country in their hopped-up 1955 Chevy looking for races. Bird (as "The Girl") climbs in the back seat of their car at a rest stop, and the boys just look at her and keep on driving without a word. They meet up with GTO and challenge him to a cross-country race that eventually peters out and ends up more of a search for the meaning of life. The last shot is of Taylor driving in slow motion as the film gets stuck, burns, and melts.![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/bf/b7/0019b7bf_medium.jpeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)]()
I could probably write pages analyzing the movie and its various parts, like the different attitudes the three men project on the Girl, or the meaning of the race. But that would be only one interpretation, and part of the fun of the movie is the different things people take away from it.
What's amazing is how well the movie holds up. Easy Rider has disintegrated in so much 1960's pot smoke and rhetoric, but Two-Lane Blacktop still has something to say. It's also a reminder of how much more challenging films of the 1970's were. It seems impossible that a film like this could be released today. This same film would be re-written so that the race would be the focus of the story and that the good guys would win and the bad guys would lose, with lots of forgettable one-liners tossed in. Yet, Two-Lane Blacktop was made, and now it's available for the watching. Thank goodness.Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/bc/b7/0019b7bc.jpeg)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/bd/b7/0019b7bd.jpeg)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/be/b7/0019b7be.jpeg)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/bf/b7/0019b7bf.jpeg)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/c1/b7/0019b7c1_medium.jpeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/c1/b7/0019b7c1.jpeg)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/c2/b7/0019b7c2_medium.jpeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/c2/b7/0019b7c2.jpeg)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/c3/b7/0019b7c3_medium.jpeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)
![Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) [The Criterion Collection #414] (ReUp)](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/c3/b7/0019b7c3.jpeg)
Special Features:
DISC ONE:
- The Film
- Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, supervised by Hellman
- Commentary by director Monte Hellman and Allison Anders
- Commentary by scriptwriter Rudy Wurlitzer and author David Meyer
DISC TWO:
- Interviews with Hellman, actor James Taylor, musician Kris Kristofferson, producer Michael Laughlin, and production manager Walter Coblenz
- Rare screen test outtakes
- Featurette: 'Performance and Image: a look at the restoration of a '55 Chevy from the movie and the film's locations today'
- 'Color Me Gone: photos and publicity from Two-Lane Blacktop'.
- Trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kent Jones, appreciations by director Richard Linklater and musician Tom Waits, and a 1970 on-set account from Rolling Stone by Michael Goodwin and Wurlitzer’s screenplay
All Credits goes to Original uploader.
No More Mirrors, Please.
84B88BC6607472C09DFC72DDC70A3580 *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part01.rar
F5A02AE77E926D34F93AF1302D695BA8 *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part02.rar
C651E75A961EC8EB45D30FDEF374058A *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part03.rar
D06EB0434AD18861971A7B64EA052D60 *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part04.rar
25DB54CA49A0AEE90C4D8A7FD65D8D5C *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part05.rar
6E5F6732F813B95153B99B7C41A49852 *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part06.rar
839B0C1E87A9EE075E7F2326DDF5159A *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part07.rar
C7E4413DBFBF10F809F256422DDD8B3D *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part08.rar
F57A9F2522392EA5BCA88947A4B81948 *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part09.rar
387C37A3586526AA4477F729F57AEEE6 *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part10.rar
A81BD90D0BF6D15C48E3CE032D7DD4F7 *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part11.rar
5FC451764DA99366C4D124FD5718813D *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part12.rar
F390C19DDFDD1EB8CC66BC5CDF5BA70D *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part13.rar
816D51D0DC67195D364AA231B48C26D9 *Crit414.D1.avaxhome.ru.part14.rar
6539DF4BF231AB4F3E19C63C3389405D *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part01.rar
6A22295C6357D4021629FD626999EB36 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part02.rar
C2245CC7BED09F996D820549D1AB1538 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part03.rar
D7E5685C5B183E33EC16C7BABA6C0F31 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part04.rar
22EA0DB844DB8F7A12AFF383FBB8C372 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part05.rar
0B3559FF8D00F5E7FF7344B9035D14FE *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part06.rar
CECCE478ED8AEE85170F608836BF5F42 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part07.rar
937C20CD058D9F14BCDE04406C705126 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part08.rar
2B49AB303E1D00022F9AF8A663900CA4 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part09.rar
CA9BB42AF83FC3AE0929F6B67D8458FB *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part10.rar
1BFDFBC5AE65B111C789E2B59CD602BB *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part11.rar
C39AA291490B6712E8D8325E2A1557C0 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part12.rar
76C317A841F4A8F288E6CB83AA350EFC *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part13.rar
ED1CCD493EF9B4D6A195A2E45ED6F105 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part14.rar
51F4A6A9DA0583A05B87A4B0F6290ABA *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part15.rar
D4B5D47218517BF1A1E9EF8D118602C0 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part16.rar
D2A4224E19780D3ECFA4374FBA96E078 *Crit414.D2.avaxhome.ru.part17.rar