Vanishing Point
Dir. Richard C. Sarafian
1971
98 mins
Why Vanishing Point?
It’s not just a car chase film … It inspired an album by Primal Scream …
And it nods towards American Graffiti or Good Morning Vietnam with an ever present DJ connecting with the other characters …
Much of where it takes place looks like Dungeness too … Though it has a deceptively simple structure, there is more going on under the hood. There are subtleties at play that are hard to articulate.Vanishing Pointis a reflective sojourn that rises above cliches and Hollywood conventions.
Music from 7.30pm
Screening at 8.15pm
Kowalski (Barry Newman) is a delivery driver who makes a bet to deliver a Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in fifteen hours. While dodging the police, he meets an old prospector, a religious commune of singers, and a naked girl on a motorcycle! He becomes something of a cult hero thanks to Super Soul (Cleavon Little), a blind deejay with a seemingly mystical connection to Kowalski.
Vanishing Pointvisually captures the ambience of the American road, evoking the spirit of Jack Kerouac. The shots of milling crowds and small-town bystanders seem authentic, almost documentary-like. And it has a distinctly American sound. Except for a recurring, instrumental love theme, the score is primarily made up of rock and folk songs that embody the time. There’s no confusion as to what decade this film was made in.Vanishing Pointhas something to say about freedom, disillusionment with authority– and racial unrest. The scene depicting an off-duty police officer leading a mob into a black-operated radio station is not far removed from the tenor of our own times.
This is an outdoor screening on Dungeness Beach by the Snack Shack.
Feel free to bring drinks and food.
This is an outdoor screening on Dungeness Beach by the Snack Shack.
Feel free to bring drinks and food.
Vanishing Point
Dir. Richard C. Sarafian
1971
98 mins
Why Vanishing Point?
It’s not just a car chase film … It inspired an album by Primal Scream …
And it nods towards American Graffiti or Good Morning Vietnam with an ever present DJ connecting with the other characters …
Much of where it takes place looks like Dungeness too … Though it has a deceptively simple structure, there is more going on under the hood. There are subtleties at play that are hard to articulate.Vanishing Pointis a reflective sojourn that rises above cliches and Hollywood conventions.
Music from 7.30pm
Screening at 8.15pm
Kowalski (Barry Newman) is a delivery driver who makes a bet to deliver a Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in fifteen hours. While dodging the police, he meets an old prospector, a religious commune of singers, and a naked girl on a motorcycle! He becomes something of a cult hero thanks to Super Soul (Cleavon Little), a blind deejay with a seemingly mystical connection to Kowalski.
Vanishing Pointvisually captures the ambience of the American road, evoking the spirit of Jack Kerouac. The shots of milling crowds and small-town bystanders seem authentic, almost documentary-like. And it has a distinctly American sound. Except for a recurring, instrumental love theme, the score is primarily made up of rock and folk songs that embody the time. There’s no confusion as to what decade this film was made in.Vanishing Pointhas something to say about freedom, disillusionment with authority– and racial unrest. The scene depicting an off-duty police officer leading a mob into a black-operated radio station is not far removed from the tenor of our own times.
This is an outdoor screening on Dungeness Beach by the Snack Shack.
Feel free to bring drinks and food.
This is an outdoor screening on Dungeness Beach by the Snack Shack.
Feel free to bring drinks and food.
Full announcement of film and timings on Monday 12th July
