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<\/p>\nBy the T-Boy Society of Film & Music<\/p>\n
Curated by Ed Boitano.<\/p>\n
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Director: Roberto Rossellini<\/a>;\u00a0 Story and screenplay: Vitaliano Brancati<\/a> & Roberto Rossellini); Cast: Ingrid Bergman<\/a>, George Sanders<\/a>, Maria Mauban<\/a><\/p>\n Roberto Rossellini\u2019s groundbreaking spiritual masterpiece is still ahead of its time and widely misunderstood. An unhappily married English couple (played by Rossellini\u2019s wife, Ingrid Bergman; and George Sanders) drive to Naples for an inherited property. There is mundane dialogue and bickering about the collapse of their marriage.\u00a0 As the film closes, they are caught in a religious procession, and an off-screen miracle takes place. All they can see is a lame man, euphorically waving his crutches in the air. Overwhelmed by the experience, they make a new commitment to their marriage.<\/p>\n Director\/writer: Wim Wenders<\/a>; Cast: R\u00fcdiger Vogler<\/a>, Hanns Zischler<\/a>, Lisa Kreuzer<\/a>; Cinematography by\u00a0Robby M\u00fcller<\/a><\/p>\n Wim Wenders\u2019 Kings of the Road<\/em> is about a movie projector mechanic (Wenders\u2019 regular, R\u00fcdiger Vogle), traveling the lonely backroads of pre-reunification West Germany to dilapidated movie theaters. He meets a depressed linguist, who just bungled a suicide attempt. The two decide to travel together in an attempt to come to terms with their own lives in a changing world. The final installment of Wenders\u2019 Road Trilogy<\/em>, shot in stark b\/w by the brilliant Robby M\u00fcller (another Wenders\u2019 regular).<\/p>\n Director\/ Writer: Ingmar Bergman<\/a>; Cinematography: Gunnar Fischer<\/a>; Cast( Full of Bergman regulars): Victor Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m<\/a>, Ingrid Thulin<\/a>, Bibi Andersson<\/a>, Gunnar Bj\u00f6rnstrand<\/a> and\u00a0Max von Sydow<\/a> (the Seventh Seal\u2019s courageous knight in a bit part as a gas station attendant).<\/p>\n Ingmar Bergman\u2019s richly humane masterpiece, dramatizes one man\u2019s journey of self-discovery. Driving from Stockholm to Lund \u00a0to accept an honorary degree, an aging professor (played by veteran filmmaker, Victor Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m), confronts the emptiness of his existence and the inevitability of his own death. Traveling with his pregnant niece (Ingrid Thulin), \u00a0the narrative is conveyed through iconic imagery of flashbacks, dreams and nightmares. The final two shots, linked through a dissolve, are among the most heartfelt endings in the history of the cinema.<\/p>\n Director: Ridley Scott<\/a>;\u00a0Writer:\u00a0Callie Khouri<\/a>;\u00a0Music: Hans Zimmer<\/a>; Cast:\u00a0Susan Sarandon<\/a>,\u00a0Geena Davis<\/a>,\u00a0Harvey Keitel<\/a>, Michael Madsen<\/a>, Christopher McDonald<\/a>,\u00a0Brad Pitt<\/a><\/p>\n Two working-class women (Susan Sarandon, Genna Davis) bust out of small town Arkansas life in a 1966 T-Bird to blow off a little steam. Their Road Trip transitions into a couples-on-the-run when Thelma shoots a man, stopping a brutal rape of Louise. The characters undergo a rite-of-passage and sense of self-discovery as they traverse the U.S.\u2019 expansive landscape. With sheriff\u2019s cars behind them, their road ends at the edge of a cliff. Rather than surrender, they decide to floor the T-Bird over the cliff, leaving the audiences with a freeze-framed symbolic image of them flying through the sky.<\/p>\n Director: John Ford<\/a>; Writers: Nunnally Johnson<\/a> (screen play), John Steinbeck<\/a> (based on his novel); Cinematography: Gregg Toland<\/a>; Cast: Henry Fonda<\/a>, Jane Darwell<\/a>, John Carradine<\/a>, Charley Grapewin<\/a>; John Qualen<\/a><\/p>\n The Grapes of Wrath<\/em> is a film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, directed by legendary John Ford. The narrative focuses on the plight of the Joad family, who have been forced off their land due to the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. In a barely functional truck, the group heads to the promised land of California. They are met with inhumanely low wages, corrupt orchard owners and savage strike-busting vigilantes. The film is blessed with many of Ford\u2019s hallmarks, Tom Joad\u2019s (Henry Fonda) ending soliloquy, and the innovative use of deep-focus cinematography by pre-Citizen Kane<\/em> cameraman, Greg Tolland.<\/p>\n Director: Federico Fellini<\/a>; Writers: Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli<\/a> (story and screenplay), Tullio Pinelli (dialogue), Music: Nino Rota<\/a>; Cast: Anthony Quinn<\/a>, Giulietta Masina<\/a>, Richard Basehart<\/a><\/p>\n Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) is a gentle peasant girl, sold by her mother to\u00a0 Zampan\u00f2 (Anthony Quinn), a brutal strongman in a battered traveling circus. She endures physical and emotional abuse as his assistant, but still manages to carry on. The film ends in tragedy when Gelsomina finally breaks down and is abandoned. Later, Zampan\u00f2 is confronted with his own brutality and drops to his knees at the seashore in remorse. The ‘sea’ and Chaplin films, where Masina plays a version of the Little Tramp<\/i>, are recurring influences in the work of Federico Fellini. The film launched Fellini and Masina (Fellini\u2019s wife, seven films together) to international stardom.<\/p>\n Director: Sam Peckinpah<\/a>, Writing: Gordon T. Dawson<\/a>, Sam Peckinpah (screenplay), Frank Kowalski<\/a>, Sam Peckinpah (story).\u00a0Cast: Warren Oates<\/a>, Isela Vega<\/a>, Kris Kristofferson<\/a>, Robert Webber<\/a>, Gig Young<\/a>, Emilio Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a> as El Jefe<\/p>\n Bring the Head of Alfredo Garcia <\/em>is pure Peckinpah at his best and most personal. Made on a shoestring budget with an all Mexican crew, Benny (Warren Oats), a washed-up piano player in a Tijuana bar, overhears that a bounty\u00a0 has been placed on the head of Al Garcia by a Mexican Mafia Kingman (actor\/director, Emilio Fern\u00e1ndez). Benny knows Al is dead and buried; he only has to dig him up and cut off his head to earn the money, providing a new start for him and his prostitute girlfriend. But there are other unsavory characters in the mix, leading to a ruthless treasure hunt. \u00a0Benny readdresses his priorities in an attempt to regain his own self-respect and get to the top of the madness. For Peckinpah, \u2018the top of the madness\u2019 was Richard Nixon and interfering film studio executives.<\/p>\n Directors: Jonathan Dayton,<\/a>\u00a0Valerie Faris<\/a>; Writer: Michael Arndt<\/a>; Cast: Greg Kinnear<\/a>, Alan Arkin<\/a>, Steve Carell<\/a>, Toni Collette<\/a>, Paul Dano<\/a>, Abigail Breslin<\/a><\/p>\n Initially regarded as a simple family satire, Little Miss Sunshine<\/i> captured the hearts of mainstream audiences and fits the bill as an uplifting American Road Movie. The directorial debut of a husband and wife team, and a first time writer; a stellar ensemble of six-players, pile into vintage VW Van for a 700-mile journey from Albuquerque to Redondo Beach. Their goal is to make it to a Ramada Inn, the location of a beauty pageant, so their young daughter can participate in the contest. On the journey, the family tries to come to terms with their own personal dilemmas and piece of the American Dream<\/p>\n Director: David Lynch;<\/a> Writers: John Roach<\/a>,\u00a0Mary Sweeney<\/a>; Cinematography: Freddie Francis<\/a>; Editor: Mary Sweeney; Music: Angelo Badalamenti<\/a>; Cast: Richard Farnsworth<\/a>, Sissy Spacek<\/a>, Harry Dean Stanton<\/a><\/p>\n David Lynch made a G-rated movie for Disney, and it is as unique and Lynchian as any of his past films. An ageing farmer (Richard Farnsworth) must complete his final act of redemption: To mend wounds with his estranged brother, whom he has not seen for decades. His old truck is severely out-of-order, so he rigs up a lawn mower to make the long trek to the distant state. \u00a0Due to the comical mode of his transport, he attracts much attention, meeting a cross-section of rural Americans, facing their own problems. Former stuntman Farnsworth passed away at 80, shortly after the film was made.<\/p>\n Director: Peter Farrelly<\/a>, Writers: Nick Vallelonga<\/a>, Brian Hayes Currie<\/a>, Peter Farrelly; Cast: Viggo Mortensen<\/a>, Mahershala Ali<\/a>, Linda Cardellini<\/a><\/p>\n Green Book <\/em> offers easy lessons learned about an accomplished African-American pianist chauffeured by a streetwise New York Italian-American bouncer to musical engagements in the U.S. South\u2019s Jim Crow years. At first they are ambivalent about each other, but become friends, learn from one another, realizing that they were prisoners of their own stereotypes of others. It\u2019s a safe movie, but serves as a reminder how things once were \u2013 Ali being refused service at hotels, mocked by locals as a man of color wearing fancy \u2018uppity\u2019 clothes. Peter Farelly captures some iconic images, and Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are a delight to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the morning of February 28, 2020, the T-Boy Society of Film & Music met in Studio City, CA for the final vote on our top 20 Road Movies of all-time. It was one of those beautiful Southern California mornings where the sun was out, the air was fresh with just a hint of dampness on the world-famous Los Angeles River \u2018s concrete riverbed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":16164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3418],"tags":[3460,3463,3455,3459,3461,107,3453,3458,3462,3457,3454,3456],"class_list":["post-16167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-t-boy-society-of-film-music","tag-bring-me-the-head-of-alfredo-garcia","tag-green-book","tag-kings-of-the-road","tag-la-strada","tag-little-miss-sunshine","tag-movie","tag-road-movies","tag-the-grapes-of-wrath","tag-the-straight-story","tag-thelma-louise","tag-viaggio-in-italia","tag-wild-strawberries"],"yoast_head":"\n2. Kings of the Road (1976)<\/h3>\n
![\"Kings](\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kings-of-the-Road.jpg\")
<\/p>\n3. Wild Strawberries (1957)<\/h3>\n
![\"Wild](\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wild-Strawberries.jpg\")
<\/p>\n4. Thelma & Louise (1991)<\/h3>\n
![\"Thelma](\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Thelma-Louise.jpg\")
<\/p>\n5. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)<\/h3>\n
![\"The](\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Grapes-of-Wrath.jpg\")
<\/p>\n6. La Strada (1954)<\/h3>\n
![\"La](\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/La-Strada.jpg\")
<\/p>\n7. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)<\/h3>\n
![\"Bring](\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Alfredo-Garcia.jpg\")
<\/p>\n8. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
![\"Little](\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Little-Miss-Sunshine.jpg\")
<\/p>\n9. The Straight Story<\/h3>\n
![\"The](\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Straight-Story.jpg\")
<\/p>\n10.\u00a0 Green Book (2018)<\/h3>\n
![\"Green](\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Green-Book.jpg\")
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