Thanks so much! And yeah, I love Vanishing Point. (But still greatest car movie of all time: Duel.) I do hope people recognize the film for being the sort of proto-progressive work that it is! Read more

This movie could form the basis for a filmmaking class called “How To Create Tension.” It just keeps turning those screws and you cannot look away. Read more

Last shot is beautiful. Read more

With a good ol’ fashioned can-do American spirit. Read more

DUEL IS THE GREATEST CAR MOVIE OF ALL TIME. Read more

Keep spreading the word. Read more

Weird. Your auto-correct changed “Oscar-worthy” to “overdone” and “the most moving thing I have ever seen in my life” to “hilarious.” Read more

It’s weird because DUEL is both a massive success (financially, critically), but also a sort of hidden gem. I’m guessing that has more to do with its age than anything. But, yeah, there’s a real timeless simplicity to this film that I think now only exists in more arthouse films than mainstream ones. Again, the… Read more

I think it would have been more Richard Matheson making that reference, as he wrote the original short story AND the screenplay (I think). Read more

Really disrespectful how those players took a knee after an injury like that. First our flag, and now people with arm injuries. SAD. Read more

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I’ll be covering more of this project in either more essays or some other format, so I don’t want to give too much away. But as the story goes, he never got over it. Even decades later.  Read more

Why, they oughta make a movie of it! Read more

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I know! It’s really pretty special that this car has a connection to something like Apollo 11. That it turns out Dave Helms’ own father worked on it adds a whole other layer. Thanks for reading! Read more

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You’re very welcome! Thanks for reading. Read more

Better pop in and have a look and let Dave know that you read about ‘em on Jalopnik! Read more

I think you should hit up patrick@jalopnik.com about this v excellent idea! Read more

Thank you so much! Read more