Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

As we continue to kick it old school this lap, we're taking our first detour to a pit stop with 1971's Two-Lane Blacktop, a movie picked for us by Ben Milliman over on our Patreon! If you've never seen this cult classic (watch it! it's a Criterion release!), you could think about Two-Lane Blacktop as, in a way, Race Wars: The Movie. (Except, also, not at all.) In this episode, we follow James Taylor and Dennis Wilson as they race across the country in a beautiful 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. Ain't nothin' more old school than that! We also dive deep into Richard Linklater's love for the movie, its many Fast-nections, and also spend way too much time (again) trying to figure out what Hector's doing in The Fast and the Furious. (Movie conversation begins around 1:06:30.) Email us: [email protected] Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/2fast2forever. Extra special shout-out to Ben Milliman, Jake Freer, Alex Elonen, and Nick Burris for joining at the “Interpol’s Most Wanted” level or above! Intro music by Nico Vasilo. Interlude and outro music by Wes Hampton.