a satirical look at the future of america, and it's fucking amazing.
this movie was great, for a 70s b-movie, i think it is most definitely one of my favourites. it's got multiple themes to it, but what stuck out to me was the theme of love. frankenstein's little fan girl during the first pit stop made me think about it during the whole movie, talking about how he "fears falling in love", and you can see he was hesitant about love, but he starts opening up to annie, even though she does turn out to be a rebel (major predictable but nonetheless...) he still defends her, and well, falls in love.
i feel as if it has deeper meanings to what it really was though. to me, it's kind of a message about the desensitization of violence, extreme violence cheered on by people, losing any sort of empathy, or that the lives of people are just "points". especially when this was the time when senseless grindhouse exploitation movies started to become more popular. the director, roger corman, uses everything exploitation cinema at the time did, sexual scenes, nudity, and violence, but it's done in a way (the violence) that makes it seem more like a message than senseless blood splatter. when you see the commentator cheer on the racer's for each kill, it just shows the lack of empathy, so well, the desensitization of violence.
overall though, it is an amazing 70s movie and also one of sylvester stallone's first major roles.
definitely worth seeing.
a satirical look at the future of america, and it's fucking amazing.
this movie was great, for a 70s b-movie, i think it is most definitely one of my favourites. it's got multiple themes to it, but what stuck out to me was the theme of love. frankenstein's little fan girl during the first pit stop made me think about it during the whole movie, talking about how he "fears falling in love", and you can see he was hesitant about love, but he starts opening up to annie, even though she does turn out to be a rebel (major predictable but nonetheless...) he still defends her, and well, falls in love.
i feel as if it has deeper meanings to what it really was though. to me, it's kind of a message about the desensitization of violence, extreme violence cheered on by people, losing any sort of empathy, or that the lives of people are just "points". especially when this was the time when senseless grindhouse exploitation movies started to become more popular. the director, roger corman, uses everything exploitation cinema at the time did, sexual scenes, nudity, and violence, but it's done in a way (the violence) that makes it seem more like a message than senseless blood splatter. when you see the commentator cheer on the racer's for each kill, it just shows the lack of empathy, so well, the desensitization of violence.
overall though, it is an amazing 70s movie and also one of sylvester stallone's first major roles.
definitely worth seeing.
