It started out as a simplistic story of a hapless guest worker attempting to get home with his dream Mercedes-Benz 350 SE and encountering random mishaps. Flashbacks yield a greater depth of social commentary and class issues. The film does an excellent job of addressing the concept of the car as a social status indicator. With each ding and chip on his journey, poor İlyas Salman sees his prestige level slowly eroding away. It doesn't help that the irascible and…
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Finian's Rainbow 1968
That shit was cray-cray. And oh so green. I miss the audacity of New Hollywood. I really do.
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Silence Is Welcome 2017
Would you like to go on a road trip with a dysfunctional family?
"A funny dysfunctional family, like in Little Miss Sunshine?"
No, a basic, regular, everyday family: a couple and their two young daughters.
"Where are they going?"
From Mexico City to Tamiahua.
"Is it in a fast, cool vehicle?"
No, it's a Toyota RAV4.
"Do they get lost and attacked by inbred cannibals or monsters? Or do they get caught in a disaster, like a volcano or a…
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Joyride to Nowhere 1977
There are all these pop-up drive-in theaters nowadays showing inoffensive crowd-pleasing fare like Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, and The Princess Bride. Films like Joyride to Nowhere are what I want them to show! Of course, no one but me and my buddies would come, but it's so much cooler and drive-in appropriate. Teensploitation, busty gals, bad acting, zero budget, nonsensical storyline, gratuitous hot rod clubbing, and multiple car crashes—THIS is what I grew up on! Leave the kids at…