| Reference Type |
Journal of Film and Video
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| Title |
What a Trip: The Road Film and American Culture. |
| Author(s) | David Laderman |
| Issue |
1 |
| Page Number |
41 - 57 |
| Comments |
Laderman's article is not only informative, but an excellent read. He investigates the many often conflicting tropes which make up the Road Movie, particularly in the way in which it has become "valourized as a rite of countercultural passage"(p. 41).
Yet, perhaps most throught-provoking is his final statement whereby Laderman claims that when viewing Road films, what requires the critic's 'special attention' is "...the process by which Tradition maps the trajectory of Rebellion - sometimes even going along for the ride"(p. 58) |
| Synopsis |
Laderman discusses that the cultural roots of the road film are returning to a literary tradition "focused on voyaging which in turn reflects an ideology of expansionism and imperialism"(p. 41).
Throughout the article Laderman provides a point-by-point breakdown of what he prescribes as the influential moments of the Road film, beginning with Kerouac's formative novel 'On the Road' and concluding with - what could be described as the nemesis to the 'male individualist' so intrinsic to the Road Movie genre - Ridley Scott's 'Thelma and Louise' in 'Thelma and Louise: An Alternative Route'.
Laderman's argument is exploratory and as he provides many cultural 'pitstops' which have contributed to the evolution - epistemologically and cinematically - of the road film. |
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