The more you drive, the less intelligent you become.
I believe that this film is the purest cinematic distillation of the Minutemen's seminal album, Double Nickels on the Dime. In the pacing - cowpunk interludes, manic fits, but never careening that far off the edge, more like driving on a wide open road. As well as the themes - paranoia, cynicism, anger, and absurdity.
The POV is informed by car-centric infrastructure of LA. We are a passenger. The view washes…