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Abstract: This essay explores the colonial nature of the American road movie, specifically through the lens of how road movies treat the South according to Stuart Hall’s concepts of identity and Edward Said’s on Othering and the colonial gaze. To accomplish this, the essay analyzes the classic 1969 road movie, “Easy Rider”, and the
- Andy Wright
- 2016
While 1950s road movies are rather scarce (and flimsy), other literary and cultural developments are crucial to the post-Hollywood birth of the genre as "independent." Accompanying President Eisenhower's burgeoning inter-state highway system was the emerging postwar youth culture portrayed in films like The Wild One (1953) and Rebel Without a ...
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Road movie. Edgar G. Ulmer ’s Detour (1945), a film noir about a musician travelling from New York City to Hollywood who sees a nation absorbed by greed. [1] A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. [2] Road movies often depict travel in ...
A list of 137 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Oh, Sun (1970), The Night (1992), I Am Cuba (1964), Bamako (2006) and Neptune Frost (2021). About this list: films grappling directly with colonialism, neocolonialism, imperialism, etc recommendations welcome -- the first half of the list (up to and including Touki Bouki) i have seen and heartily endorse, the second half i have yet to see ...
- Detour (1945) This gritty film noir opens in a diner as protagonist Al Roberts, a pianist, recalls his trip from New York to Los Angeles to see his girlfriend, Sue.
- Vagabond (1985) Agnès Varda creates a haunting portrait of a young woman who lives not knowing where she will sleep or get her next meal, conveyed by the original title in French Sans Toit Ni Loi (Without Roof nor Law).
- The Hitchhiker (1953) In his , “An Informal History of Hitchhiking,” John T. Schlebecker writes, “The hitchhiker was first of all a product of the American automobile,” becoming more noticeable and common beginning in the 1920s.
- The Last Detail (1973) After getting caught trying to steal money from the charity fund sponsored by the admiral’s wife, Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid) is escorted by Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Mule (Otis Young) to the navy jail in New Hampshire.
Feb 22, 2018 · Postcolonial theory originally emerged from comparative literature departments and film from film and media studies departments, and despite the many intersections postcolonial theory has not been explicitly foregrounded. However, there are more similarities and natural points of intersections between the two areas than it would at first appear.
The Embrace of the Serpent channels some of the ‘buddy ethic’ that informs a number of road movies, but the protagonists’ relationship is based on mistrust and betrayal because of the context of colonialism. Diversions in storytelling and perceptions of time and space also resonate with Western and indigenous characters’ divergent ...
