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Mar 9, 2016 · From bickering couples to warring generations, from gangster flicks on the road to World War II adventures. The European road movie is a template on which filmmakers have gone wild. Here are twenty stunning examples to get you underway. 1. The Open Road – UK – Claude Friese-Greene – 1926
- Wild Strawberries (1957) Director: Ingmar Bergman. Swedish master Ingmar Bergman isn’t always given the credit he deserves as a pioneer of the road movie, but his 1957 film Wild Strawberries helped set a template that would be much imitated.
- Pierrot le fou (1965) Director: Jean-Luc Godard. Hollywood classics such as You Only Live Once (1937) and They Live by Night (1948) had long established the archetype of doomed, criminal lovers taking to the road to escape their fate.
- Kings of the Road (1976) Director: Wim Wenders. Like Godard, New German Cinema director Wim Wenders had a love/hate relationship with America. Love in that he was infatuated with Hollywood cinema; hate in that he could see how Europeans were in thrall to American culture and capitalism.
- Radio On (1979) Director: Chris Petit. Radio On is a precious one-off in post-punk era British cinema that reflects the same fascination with German culture and signifiers that was evidenced in the music of David Bowie and Joy Division at the time.
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Nov 27, 2019 · By Christopher Vourlias. Moon Road Films. Art imitates life until the line between them blurs in “Europa, ‘Based on a True Story,’” Rwandan director Kivu Ruhorahoza ’s provocative portrayal of...
Ford v Ferrari is an exhilarating true story that provides epic car racing scenes for fans of car movies.; There are standout car movies based on real events, like The Hitch-Hiker and The Great ...
- Easy Rider. One of the most iconic road trips in cinematic history was taken by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in Hopper's 1969 classic "Easy Rider." The legendary image of Fonda and Hopper riding their motorcycles while Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild" plays remains people's main association with "Easy Rider."
- Lost in America. Despite its cynicism, "Easy Rider" inspired many Americans to go out on the road themselves, even ones who couldn't be further away from Fonda and Hopper's biker lifestyle.
- The Color Wheel. Getting stuck with someone annoying on a long road trip can be a miserable experience, so spending the entirety of the 2011 comedy "The Color Wheel" with two annoying people on a road trip can make it a tough sell.
- Zola. Even the awful road trip of "The Color Wheel" can't compare to the nightmare trip taken by the title character of "Zola," and hers really happened.
From Watergate to criminal strippers, these are the best true stories ever told on film.
Nov 23, 2019 · Europa: Based on a True Story: Directed by Kivu Ruhorahoza. With Oris Erhuero, Jennie Lathan, Lisa Moorish, Paul Anthony Morris. Rwandan director Kivu Ruhorahoza (Grey Matter, Things of the Aimless Wanderer) decides to film his new movie, A Tree Has Fallen, in London.
