Talk:Road movie/Archive 1

Hope and Crosby
Nothing about Bob Hope and Bing Crosby here! Rmhermen 02:22, Oct 11, 2004 (UTC)


 * Agree. I think the reference in Easy Rider was to the seven road pictures staring Crosby, Hope and (except for the last) Dorothy Lamour. See the Bing Crosby article. Andrewa 21:27, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Removed text
''A road movie is genre of movies for which the action is set on a road. The term itself appear with Easy Rider in 1969. It's to cinematography what were the adventures of Odysseus, the history of Jesus or Don Quixote to literacy.''

This appears to be a POV. Even if generally accepted as true, it should IMO be attributed to an authority who supports it. Stub refactored, with POV removed and some information added. Andrewa 20:00, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * I've put in another definition of the movie genre, hopefully less POV. Still mentions the Odyssey though. Kappa 11:41, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Duel (film)
Would Steven Spielberg's Duel be considered a road movie? --80.219.167.57 01:19, 31 July 2005 (UTC)


 * I say Yes, Duel is a definate road movie. I also can't believe "Rainman" was not on the list. Surely this was one of the biggest road movies of all time. Davemeistermoab 05:18, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Road to...
I found a page on the Hope/Crosby Road to... movies, so I removed that list from this article. I have also cross-linked this article with road trip, and deleted some of the films used as examples since they are also listed there. Note that there is already a Category:Road movies, so please do not add any more films to this article. --Dennette 05:52, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Road trip
Because road movies (genre) is separate from a road trip (hobby/travel style), I have removed one of the cross links to road trip. Cascadia 03:32, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Rebel Groups?
I don't think it's accurate or appropriate to describe "hippies, blacks, gays and lesbians, women, Asian Americans" as "rebel groups". I don't think the writer meant rebel groups, but I do not know what he did mean. Static Sleepstorm 16:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Weak article
A very weak article. Sounds like the intro to a film studies dissertation. Also it implies that the road movie is a wholly American genre, completely overlooking the great European contribution to this genre from Fellini to Wim Wenders to Chris Petit. Plus how is Rebel Without a Cause in anyway linked to the road movie genre? 62.190.4.10 15:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Road Movies?
Apocalypse Now? Midnight Cowboy? Not...Mjpresson (talk) 22:20, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

I thought "road movie" refers to how a movie is made, not what it's about
My understanding is that "road movie" refers to a style of making a movie, i.e. that the script is not fixed but is made "on the go". Can others support this understanding? Any references? Tempel (talk) 20:35, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Open season
Shouldn't this be considered —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.28.201.64 (talk) 17:10, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Untitled
what about Leningrad Cowboys Go America? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.193.47.239 (talk) 12:30, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Taste of Cherry and Wild Strawberries
Taste of Cherry really isn't a road movie, it takes place in the same setting throughout the entire film, but Wild Strawberries is because there is an actual journey. Also Five Easy Pieces really isn't a road movie, only about ten minutes takes place on the road. 24.218.93.138 07:48, 4 August 2009

Raising Arizona
How so? Great movie, not a road movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.14.254.94 (talk) 22:27, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced / original research
This whole article is unreferenced and there is nothing to suggest most or even all of it isn't original research. The "Structure" section is the most dubious part so I have tagged this section specifically. Halsteadk (talk) 19:00, 23 October 2010 (UTC)